YANGON — Myanmar’s embassies in South Korea and Malaysia have extended polling for advance ballots for the Nov. 8 general election. Citizens from Myanmar in South Korea began advance voting on Oct. 2
YANGON—Myanmar migrants and migrant rights organizations are concerned that many voters abroad may lose their right to vote in the country’s coming general election due to difficulties with voting pro
KUALA LUMPUR — The head of a Philippine Muslim rebel group warned Monday that the Islamic State group could gain from frustrations in the country’s south following the failure of the Philippine Congre
Mizzima Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement on 23 October requesting government attending the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Summit reject elections planned by Myanmar’s junta for De
Yangon – Several hundred stranded migrants from Myanmar in Jordan say they are facing hardships after months without work, while flight suspensions mean they cannot return home. They told The Irrawadd
![A Burmese refugee living in Malaysia wears a badge bearing the National League for Democracy's (NLD) flag on a shirt with a picture of Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a
St Andrews International School Green Valley hosted the annual B group FOBISIA Games from the 11th – 13th March 2016. Schools from around Asia attended to participate in swimming, athletics, football
Mizzima On 3 July, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), a network of MPS from countries across Southeast Asia, released a statement urging ASEAN Foreign Ministers to prioritise the immediat
In an interview with The Irrawaddy, Aung Htoo, a Burmese lawyer and the general-secretary of the exiled Burma Lawyers’ Council who attended the discussion, said, “We talked about how to approach Burma
KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia reported 35 new coronavirus cases at an immigration detention center on Thursday, after authorities rounded up undocumented migrants this month in areas under lockdown. The Unite
The Cambodian and Malaysian prime ministers called for the “timely and effective implementation” of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar during a meeting in Phnom Penh on Thursday, the two countrie
Bangkok based real estate company PACE Development Corporation Plc. received three major awards at the Asia Pacific Property Awards 2015 recently held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia in transitionMalaysia threatens to freeze out EU over palm oil ban Foreign ministry pointed to similar action taken by Indonesia The European Union consumes 11.6% of the palm oil produced by
The National Unity Government (NUG) - In Madayar Township of Mandalay Region, there was a guerrilla attack on junta troops from Regiment Ka-Ma-Ya (701). According to No. (1) Military Region of the NUG
Malesian poliisi vahvistaa, että Pohjois-Korean johtajan Kim Jong-unin velipuoli on kuollut maan pääkaupungissa Kuala Lumpurissa, uutistoimisto Reuters kertoo. Poliisi ei ole kuitenkaan vielä selvittä
It is clear that the ASEAN foreign ministers hold different views on the situation in Myanmar and this has attracted global condemnation. However, when they joined up and aired their disagreements, th