"Rakhine State"

Rakhine State Parliament has approved the proposal urging the Union government to remove the United League of Arakan/the Arakan Army (ULA/AA) from the list of terrorist organizations to pave the way for achieving eternal peace.   

Myanmar is considering issuing National Verification Cards (NVC) to Rohingya refugees who want to voluntarily return from Bangladesh to the strife-torn Rakhine state, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Saturday.

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh - New violence in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state has delayed a United Nations study on 1,000 villages abandoned by Muslim Rohingya, a top UN envoy said Friday.

Yangon - Myanmar forces are conducting new rounds of "clearance operations" in conflict-hit Rakhine state after four local Buddhists were attacked and two killed, the commander-in-chief's office said Thursday, with one of the incidents blamed on Rohingya Muslims.

Re: “Myanmar’s president praises Rakhine state for ‘auspicious’ year”, The Nation, December 15.

Thailand will back Myanmar’s plan to introduce mobile medical services in impoverished Rakhine State.

World religious figures called  for a peaceful reconciliation in religious and ethnic conflicts in Rakhine state, Myanmar, during their meeting with Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week.

EXPERTS HAVE no faith that Asean can effectively tackle the ongoing ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, as leaders of the regional group gather for a summit this week in Singapore.

DESPITE limited possibility of leaders taking a strong position, Amnesty International (AI) yesterday urged the Asean-Australia Special Summit to speak up over the ongoing crimes targeting the Rohingya in Myanmar.

Kuala Lumpur – Foreign Ministry has summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Malaysia U Zaw Myint over the continuing violence against the ethnic Rohingya in the Rakhine state.

The US Embassy in Yangon said in a statement that we condemn the attacks that took place overnight against the security forces and we offer condolences to the victims and their families.

The actions threatened efforts to bring peace to the embattled state, Myanmar’s State Minister Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi said in a statement issued on August 25 in response to the attacks by suspected Rohingya militants.