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Myanmar-appointed panel probing Rohingya crisis pledges independence
Members of a commission established by Myanmar's government to investigate human rights violations in western Rakhine state, where 700,000 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority fled brutal army operations, addressed critics Thursday with a pledge to be impartial. The Independent Commission of Enquiry held its ...
Instant noodle giant Nissin Foods launches products in Myanmar
Japan's leading instant noodle-maker Nissin Foods Holdings Co. has entered the Myanmar market, seeking to cash in on swelling consumption in one of the world's fastest growing markets. Sar Taw Kal Nissin Co., its local manufacturing joint venture with Lluvia Ltd., Myanmar's leading flour milling ...
Myanmar climbers eye nation's Hkakabo Razi — the Himalayan peak conquered just once
A two-week jungle trek followed by a sheer climb up avalanche-prone slopes to a jagged ridge of icy pinnacles awaits three Myanmar mountaineers planning to take on Hkakabo Razi, a peak so treacherous it has been conquered only once. Believed to be the highest in ...
Cross-legged in a windowless, almost pitch-black bamboo shack, the investigator pressed record on a video camera and asked the young Rohingya woman to describe the night the Myanmar soldiers came. "They broke down our door. They took my husband outside and shot him," recalled the ...
Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop giving aid to stranded Rohingya refugees
Myanmar has asked Bangladesh to stop providing aid to 6,000 Rohingya stranded on the border between the two countries since a military crackdown prompted a mass exodus of the Muslim minority last year, the Foreign Ministry in Dhaka said. The group refused to enter Bangladesh ...
Myanmar says Hague court has no jurisdiction over Rohingya crisis
Myanmar sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country's culpability for activities that caused 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety last year. The office of the nation's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a statement ...
Elephants snatched from the wild and conscripted to haul logs in Myanmar's timber industry live on average five years less than working elephants born in captivity, researchers said Tuesday. The older an elephant is at the time of capture, the more likely it is to ...
Myanmar not addressing concerns of over 1 million displaced Rohingya, Bangladesh tells UNSC
Bangladesh is accusing Myanmar of failing to tackle the concerns of over 1 million Rohingya Muslims who fled the country and is urging the U.N. Security Council to take action to ensure their safe return home. Bangladesh's U.N. ambassador, Masud Bin Momen, said in a ...
Three decades after Myanmar uprising, dissidents fear their struggle is forgotten
Ko Shell had his teeth knocked out during torture sessions and spent 14 years in six jails, but as the 30th anniversary looms of the famed Myanmar pro-democracy uprising that led to his incarceration, he says those sacrifices are being forgotten. Sitting in a tea ...
Japan and Mekong nations agree to keep U.N. sanctions in place against North
Top diplomats from Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River have pledged to maintain U.N. economic sanctions aimed at pressuring North Korea to achieve complete denuclearization as promised. The agreement Friday came amid growing concern that countries friendly to North Korea, such ...
A new commission set up by Myanmar to look into human rights abuses in Rakhine state has been criticized by observers Tuesday as a "political gimmick," as the country tries to stave off further censure over its treatment of its Rohingya Muslims. The government announced ...
Myanmar names panel to probe abuses targeting Rohingya in Rakhine
Myanmar has established a commission of inquiry to probe allegations of human rights abuses in conflict-torn Rakhine state, authorities said on Monday, as the country faces growing calls for accountability over accusations of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims. The four-person commission will be comprised of ...
