With an eye on China, India gifts submarine to Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi, left, Myanmar's de facto leader, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are strengthening their countries' defense...
Students face prosecution for protest against Rakhine govt...
October 21 ,2020
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By: Khaing Yoe La
Police have opened a case against four students under the Sedition Law for staging a protest against the Rakhine State government and t...
Myanmar should use COVID crisis to end 30 years of crony c...
October 21 ,2020
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By: Thant Myint-U
A supporter of the NLD, pictured on Oct. 2 in Yangon: the last thing Myanmar needs is business as usual
Myanmar's government...
Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis exposes ASEAN weaknesses: Report
October 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has failed to respond effectively to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar thanks to a lack...
Myanmar Navy showcases newly acquired submarine in Fleet E...
October 20 ,2020
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By: Mrityunjoy Mazumdar
The Myanmar Navy – Tamadaw Yay – has publicly displayed its lone submarine at its ongoing Fleet Exercise 2020 (Exercise &ls...
Upcoming Myanmar elections a litmus test for NLD’s economi...
October 20 ,2020
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By: Bi Shihong
Aung San Suu Kyi
The 2020 Myanmar general election is scheduled to be held on November 8. The last election was held in Nove...
Myanmar opposition vows to break Suu Kyi's spell over vote...
Thet Thet Khine, left, leader of the People's Pioneer Party, and Ko Ko Gyi, right, head of People's Party, will challenge&n...
Hopeless plight of Myanmar’s remaining Rohingya exposed
October 17 ,2020
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By: Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
The Rohingya genocide in the western state of Rakhine in Myanmar saw more than 1 million people flee from their homes across the border...
With an eye on China, India hands over submarine to Myanma...
October 17 ,2020
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By: Rajat Pandit
In a major move that comes amidst the ongoing military confrontation in eastern Ladakh, India has handed over one of its diesel-electri...
1.1 million in Myanmar's Rakhine barred from voting
October 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
More than 1.1 million voters in Myanmar's western Rakhine state will be disenfranchised in upcoming national polls, according to data r...
Myanmar military calls in jets to attack Arakan Army in Ra...
October 15 ,2020
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By: Min Aung Khine
Clashes broke out between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in mountains near Aungtharzi Village in Rakhine State’s R...
Myanmar Army transfers officers to police on Bangladesh bo...
October 13 ,2020
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By: Htet Naing Zaw
A truck carrying military personnel and border guard police in northern Rakhine State
Fifty-one Myanmar military officers have bee...
Myanmar election fought on Facebook where hate speech is r...
October 12 ,2020
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By: Cape Diamond
A trishaw driver with flags of the National League for Democracy on his bicycle waits for his customer in Yangon, Myanmar, October 2...
As Covid-19 infections climb, Myanmar's election machinery...
October 10 ,2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
With its biggest city locked down, factories shut, coronavirus infection rates climbing by some 1,000 or more every day and death toll...
Shipping giant to stop using Myanmar’s military-owned port
October 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The world’s largest shipping company, Maersk, will cut ties with the military-owned ports in Myanmar this month over allegations...
Rohingya living in ‘open prison’ in Myanmar: Human Rights...
October 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Approximately 130,000 Rohingya Muslims who remain in refugee camps in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state live under “squ...
Myanmar military and Arakan Army suffer casualties in heav...
October 8 ,2020
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By: Min Aung Khine
Fresh clashes broke out in Rakhine State’s Rathedaung Township between Myanmar’s military (the Tatmadaw) and the Arakan Arm...
Ta'ang rebels shell Myanmar’s troops in northern Shan Stat...
October 6 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A battalion belonging to Myanmar’s military and a people’s militia office in Shan State was shelled by the Ta’ang Nat...
Indian Army chief, foreign sec to seal shipping agreement...
October 5 ,2020
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By: Shishir Gupta
On the eve of Myanmar general elections, Indian Army chief General MM Naravane and foreign secretary Harsh Shringla are headed towards...
Ethnic identifiers in Myanmar election app criticized
October 2 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A Sweden-based organization that promotes democracy and assists in organizing elections said Thursday it is not responsible for a smart...
Bangladesh deploys troops on Myanmar’s border
September 29 ,2020
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By: Htet Naing Zaw
The Bangladeshi military has deployed troops in Cox’s Bazar District in southeastern Bangladesh along Myanmar’s border, acc...