Life upended in Assam for those left off Indian citizenship list
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalVictims of the crackdown - This photo taken on August 8, 2018 shows Nimai Hajong and his wife Sinibala Hajong sitting in front of their house in Bamunigaon village in Assam's...
View ArticleUN emergency talks to head off swine fever spread in Asia
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalChina, the world's largest pork producer and consumer, reported its first case in August in northeastern Liaoning province. Photo: AFPAn emergency meeting to head off an...
View ArticleSuper Typhoon Mangkhut smashes into Philippines
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalVehicles maneouver along debris scattered along a road blown by strong winds after Typhoon Mangkhut hit the city of Tuguegarao, Cagayan province, north of Manila early...
View ArticleToddler killed in mudslide at Thai refugee camp
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalChildren playing in Mae La Oon refugee camp. Photo: Burma LinkA two-year-old girl has died and seven others remain missing after a mudslide at a refugee camp in northern...
View ArticleBangladesh to move refugees to island from next month: officials
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugees walk to attend a ceremony organised to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to...
View ArticleConstruction of road near ‘No Man’s Land’ in Thai-Myanmar border river suspended
Global Times/XinhuaCategory: NewsDomesticRegional(File) This photo taken on July 7, 2017 shows migrant workers crossing the border between Thailand and Myanmar in a boat on the Moei River near Mae Sot,...
View ArticleBangladesh delays plan to shift refugees to remote island
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalRohingya refugees walk in a protest march after attending a ceremony to remember the first anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from...
View ArticleIndia to deport refugees to Myanmar, despite UN concern
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalNew Delhi, India. Photo: EPAIndian police said Wednesday that seven Rohingya detained in the country's northeast will be deported to Myanmar.The United Nations had warned India...
View ArticleIndia deports seven ‘illegal immigrants’ to Myanmar despite UN protest
AFPCategory: NewsDomesticRegional(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 19, 2018 A Rohingya refugee cooks at a temporary shelter near the village of Baruipur, some 55km south of Kolkata. Photo:...
View ArticleEthnic Rakhines protest outside Myanmar embassy in Tokyo
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalEthnic Rakhines protested outside the Myanmar embassy in Tokyo on Monday. Photo: Arakan Youths Union - JapanAbout 70 ethnic Rakhines protested outside the Myanmar embassy...
View ArticleMyanmar to host ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegional52nd Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information. Photo: ASEAN-COCIMyanmar will host the 53rd meeting of ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information...
View ArticleRefugee family makes rare return to Myanmar from Bangladesh
AFPCategory: NewsDomesticRegionalRohingya refugees return to their makeshift tents during rain at the Balukhali camp, Ukhiya, Coxsbazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Abir Abdullah/EPAA Rohingya family of five...
View ArticleChina, SE Asia to hold maritime drill to ease tensions
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar navy boat. Photo: Myanmar Navy/FacebookChina and Southeast Asian states will hold their first joint maritime exercises next week, officials said Friday, in a move aimed...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Hindu refugees mark festival in Bangladesh camp
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThis photo taken on October 18, 2018 shows Hindu refugees from Myanmar gathering to celebrate the Durga Puja festival at the Kutapalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh....
View ArticleMyanmar and India agree to fight insurgent groups on border
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalNSCN-K. Screengrab from YouTubeIndia and Myanmar have agreed to fight insurgent groups operating along the border between the two countries and prevent the smuggling of...
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