Citizenship, ethnicity and electioneering in Myanmar
Arakan News Agency Myanmar has had a shaky few years of reform. As many commentators have indicated, the...
Myanmar speaker weighs options
Arakan News Agency The speaker of Myanmar’s parliament says he would be willing to serve as president if...
Government to release census data at end of May, says official
Arakan News Agency Data from last year’s census will be published toward the end of May, an official...
Myanmar’s marginalized Muslims earn country UN rebuke
Arakan News Agency With a half-century of military dictatorial skin to shed, Myanmar is only just beginning to...
No reason to discuss Rohingyas, says Myanmar Foreign Minister
Arakan News Agency Foreign Minister of Myanmar Wunna Maung Lwin said there is no reason to discuss the...
Strategic Patience: Keeping Burma’s Reforms on Track
Arakan News Agency Yangon — Burma’s President Thein Sein and ethnic armed groups recently endorsed a draft nationwide...
NGO calls on Myanmar president not to sign race and religion laws
Arakan News Agency Amnesty International has sent a letter to Myanmar President U Thein Sein calling on him...
Myanmar govt reintroduces top civil servant post
Arakan News Agency The Myanmar government under President Thein Sein is reintroducing the post of permanent secretary, bringing...
Burma’s Population Control Bill Threatens Maternal Health Progress
Arakan News Agency The parliament of Burma (officially known as the Union of Myanmar) recently passed a new...
Burma among top ten most censored countries, says CPJ
Arakan News Agency Burma features alongside North Korea, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia in a newly compiled shortlist of...
Buddhists burned 25 Muslims inside a mosque during prayer
Arakan News Agency Oko Abdul Rashid, a 17-year-old Muslim from Burma at the global competition participant of the...
Resolving Rohingya statelessness issues is key
Arakan News Agency It’s really nothing more than a group of powerful people who indulge in much backslapping...
Human traffickers find easy prey among Myanmar’s minorities
Arakan News Agency It’s been 47 days since Abdul, a scrawny Rohingya male in his 40s, sent his...
