In Myanmar’s Remote Mongla Region, Mandarin Supplants The Burmese Language
The teaching of Mandarin Chinese is now prevalent in many government-run schools in Myanmar’s Mongla autonomous special region, local teachers say, in the remote border area in eastern Shan state that has become dependent on nearby China for business a…
No Cease-fire Deal With Northern Alliance, But Parties Agree to Another Meeting in Myanmar
Myanmar government peace negotiators and the Northern Alliance group of ethnic armies on Tuesday did not reach an agreement on a bilateral cease-fire to end hostilities between the rebel forces and national military in northeast and western Myanmar, th…
Beijing Offers to Help Arrange Myanmar Visit for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
China has offered to facilitate a visit by a group of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar’s Rakhine state to check the situation there, a senior Bangladeshi official said, while Rohingya leaders and authorities in Dhaka have signaled support for the proposal….
UN: Myanmar is Not Safe for the Return of Rohingya Refugees
GENEVA – A U.N. investigator finds that two years after the violent expulsion of more than 700,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the situation in their home country remains too dangerous for them to return from their refuge in Cox’s Bazaar, Banglades…
Residents of Myanmar’s Kayin State Form Committee to Monitor Illegal Chinese
Political parties, civil society organizations, and residents of the capital of southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin state have decided to form a committee to register and monitor Chinese nationals living illegally in the city amid an increase of criminal acti…
Thai Government May Beat Legal Threats, But Flagging Economy Looms
BANGKOK – Less than two months into its term, Thailand’s post-junta government is fending off a series of challenges to its very existence, including a brewing political storm over the Cabinet’s failure to recite the full oath of office.A general elect…
Rival Protesters Clash at Hong Kong Rallies
Clashes erupted Saturday between rival groups in Hong Kong in the latest round of demonstrations that began with calls for democratic reforms in the semiautonomous Chinese territory.The skirmishes broke out shortly after pro-democracy demonstrators gat…