Myanmar asks RI to help settle Rohingya problem

Nov 21, 2012 | News / Article

Myanmar President Thein Sein has asked Indonesia to help his government in resolving ongoing ethnic tensions in the country’s western Rakhine state, where more than 110,000 people, the vast majority of them Muslims known as Rohingya, have been displaced. “Myanmar...

UN, Govt to announce revised Rakhine plan

Nov 21, 2012 | News / Article

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ashok Nigam and Burma’s Minister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen. Thein Htay have announced that they will unveil a “Revised Rakhine Response Plan” to the media on Wednesday, November 21. In a joint statement on...

Scores of Rohingya refugees feared dead at sea

Nov 21, 2012 | Report

At least 3,000 Muslims who fled communal violence in their villages in Myanmar’s Rakhine state by boat more than a week ago remain missing. Concern for their safety continues to grow. In the latest spate of communal violence that broke out between Muslims and...