Upcoming elections represent milestone in Myanmar’s democratic transition – Ban
Arakan News Agency 29 September 2015 – The upcoming elections represent a milestone in Myanmar’s transition to democracy,...
Thailand seizes assets of officials suspected of human trafficking
Arakan News Agency Bangkok – Thai authorities seized over $1.5m in assets from officials charged with human trafficking,...
Alleged rapes spur Rohingya upheaval in Indonesia camp
Arakan News Agency BLANG ADOE, Indonesia (AP) — More than 200 ethnic Rohingya stormed out of an Indonesian...
Ben Rhodes says plight of Rohingya is ‘an abomination’
Arakan News Agency US Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes is seen as Obama’s right-hand man on foreign...
Let OIC not remain a toothless tiger
Arakan News Agency Some global organisations have come under increasing fire for the inability to solve problems that...
Celebrating Eid ul Adha with Rohingyas
Arakan News Agency In the spirit of Eid ul Adha, Malaysia Consultative Council of Islamic Organisation (Mapim) distributed...
Thailand to transfer 29 Rohingya refugees to US
Arakan News Agency Thailand is to send 29 Muslim Rohingya “refugees” to the United States as part of...
Myanmar defends decision barring Rohingya from voting
Arakan News Agency WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar has defended a decision barring 800,000 ethnic minority people from voting...
Refugee still waiting to return home
Arakan News Agency A Rohingya refugee who has chosen to leave Cambodia rather than stay as part of...
Asia should stay focused on unsolved migrant dilemmas
Arakan News Agency People are on the move across Southeast Asia, fleeing misery and violence. Just as Europe...
Thailand seizes more than $1.6 million from traffickers
Arakan News Agency Announcement of record seizure comes as junta leader Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha prepares to speak at...
Myanmar refugees eke out a living in Chennai
Arakan News Agency CHENNAI: While crossing the India-Bangladesh border in 2012, Dil Muhammad’s first wife and three children...
Tied up in a trafficking jam
Arakan News Agency With easy access to Myanmar and remote Andaman Sea islands, the isolated coastal district of...
