Myanmar

Up to 8,000 Rohingya were trapped in the Andaman Sea earlier this year.

Most are overseas and have been unable to register; canceled polls in areas affected by ethnic violence could also dent the election's credibility.

The November elections will show if Myanmar's march to democracy is real.

Beijing has denied the accusation but the rare public criticism exposes growing tensions between the two countries.

More than four million refugees have fled Syria in the past four years.

Military uses veto to prevent changes to constitution allowing opposition leader to run.

"The parallels to the Nazi genocide are alarming. Fortunately, we have not reached a stage of mass killing."

The violence against a Muslim minority is not because of sectarian or communal differences but is a planned eradication.

Researchers say this is a common "service" for desperate migrant mothers fearful of losing their jobs.

Authorities don't know yet how many bodies are in each of the 139 grave sites.

More than a million Rohingya are not welcome in Myanmar, or anywhere else.

Myanmar has up to now resisted calls for it to take part in meetings on the migrant crisis.

With thousands of migrants coming ashore, the destination countries have come up with a plan.

Southeast Asian governments are scrambling to resolve the maritime migrant crisis.

Fleeing persecution, Rohingya migrants are being kept at sea by countries that don't want them.

Several thousand migrants, many of them hungry and sick, are adrift in boats in Southeast Asian seas and governments of the region must rescue them quickly to avert a "massive humanitarian crisis," the U.N. says.

The Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority in Myanmar, were among the hundreds of refugees rescued in Malaysia and Indonesia this weekend.

MySQUAR aims to be the "driving force" behind Myanmar's online economy

A court in Yangon sentenced the men for denigrating Buddhism.

A new study says malaria is resisting the most effective drugs in Southeast Asia.

Observers say genocidal killings are being carried out by armed Buddhist police in the internment camps housing the Rohingya Muslims, one of the most persecuted communities in the world, according to the UN

The decision to punish journalists represents a huge step back in the country's effort to expand press freedom.

"Emotionally, they need the support of wives and children. When morale is good, they are better fighters."

In Burma, Christian rebels fighting the military regime get married en masse

After decades of isolation, limitations and repression of free speech, Myanmar is coming into its own

The country's first census in 30 years is being faulted for not counting Rohingyas, a persecuted minority

Since nightclubs are off limits and day parties have been banned, hipsters find a third way to let loose.

Ismail Razali pushed hard for a meeting with the head of Burma's military government. The U.N. secretary-general's special envoy hoped to restart talks between the regime and Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader released in May from house arrest after months of intense diplomacy.