Tag: Myanmar
Rohingya refugees get emergency treatment after boat lands in Indonesia
Each year thousands of Rohingyas risk their lives on long, expensive sea journeys in an attempt to reach Malaysia or Indonesia
Rights groups slam Malaysia court decision on Myanmar deportation
Malaysia does not formally recognize refugees, treating them as undocumented migrants
Cardinal Bo calls for dialogue after military raid on his home...
“We can never find any solution through war .... It is of great importance to tame our mind and stay humble and not to choose the path of war"
In crowded camps, Rohingya refugees embrace family planning
Roughly two-thirds of Rohingya couples are now using some form of birth control -- up from virtually none five years ago
Welcome no more: Rohingya face backlash in Bangladesh
Much has changed in the time since he and 750,000 other members of the stateless Muslim minority escaped neighboring Myanmar
Thousands throng Myanmar’s Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights
The three-day festival marks Buddha's descent from heaven and is normally marked by riotous fireworks displays
Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit
There is growing dissatisfaction within ASEAN — sometimes criticized as a toothless talking shop — at the Myanmar generals' stonewalling
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, Australian economist sentenced to 3 years
Both have been detained since a coup in February last year when the military ousted Suu Kyi's government
Eleven schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the strike that killed at least 13 people, including the 11 students
Myanmar Xaverian nuns in PH mark congregation’s 125 years of ministry
SFX nuns in Dumaguete are taking care of elderly priests, while the community in Fairview shelters the sisters who are studying