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A woman cooks next to destroyed houses and burned trees in western Rakhine State following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army. Photo: AFP

Asian Angle | Is Myanmar’s Arakan Army capable of governing Rakhine state?

The Arakan Army has made military gains in Rakhine but it’s likely to face challenges in addressing residents’ socio-economic needs.

16 Nov 2024 - 10:00AM

Rohingya smugglers deported from South Korea to Thailand after 5-year manhunt

15 Nov 2024 - 2:37PMvideocam

6 dead as dozens of Rohingya refugees ‘stranded’ in Indonesia by traffickers

31 Oct 2024 - 4:43PMvideocam

Myanmar ‘risks becoming a forgotten crisis’, UN envoy warns

Criminal networks operating from Myanmar have spiralled ‘out of control’ with 3.4 million people displaced by fighting, special envoy says.

30 Oct 2024 - 11:42AM

A rebel fighter stands guard in Karen state looking out over territory controlled by ethnic armed groups opposed to Myanmar’s military junta. Photo: Reuters

‘I’m unwanted here’: Rohingyas’ Malaysian dreams dashed amid prejudice

Members of the persecuted Muslim minority struggling to access education and jobs find solace in volunteering and supporting their community.

28 Oct 2024 - 1:51PMvideocam

Boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya sighted near western Indonesia

The boat is anchored off the coast of South Aceh district, with at least one dead body on board.

19 Oct 2024 - 5:53PM

Rohingya caught in new violence in Myanmar, with children among the dead

Rohingya face new violence in Myanmar, and forced recruitment and attacks by the Arakan Army, worsening their plight.

27 Aug 2024 - 7:19PM

Rohingya refugees gather in the rain to demand safe return to Myanmar’s Rakhine state as they mark the seventh anniversary of their mass exodus at their refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on August 25. Photo: AP

Bangladesh’s Yunus reassures on Rohingya refugees, garment exports

Bangladesh will support both its immense Rohingya refugee population and its vital garment trade, said new leader Muhammad Yunus.

18 Aug 2024 - 11:59PM

‘Lots of gunshots’: wounded Rohingya flee deadly attacks in Myanmar

Many Rohingyas fled Myanmar’s Rakhine state in recent days, as fighting escalates between the troops of the ruling junta and the powerful ethnic militia.

17 Aug 2024 - 12:25PMvideocam

Drone attack kills dozens of Rohingya fleeing Myanmar, including children

Witnesses described survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead an injured relatives.

10 Aug 2024 - 5:02PM

Rohingya Muslims who spent four days in the open after crossing over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, carry their belongings towards a refugee camp in Bangladesh, in October, 2017. Photo: AP

Joe Biden pushes Gaza ceasefire deal in Eid message

The United States as been pressing Israel and Hamas to accept a deal passed by the UN Security Council last week.

17 Jun 2024 - 10:52AM

Palestinians perform the Eid al-Adha morning prayer amid rubble in Gaza City on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Arson, abductions, beheadings: Myanmar’s Rohingya face wrath of junta, rebels

Muslim minority residents ‘pushed to the wall’ as security forces and the Arakan Army target villages with arson attacks and killings.

6 Jun 2024 - 6:08PMvideocam

Myanmar’s ‘genocidal’ junta forcing Rohingya youths to fight as ‘human shields’

Rohingya groups have been “selling” the youths to Myanmar’s military in its fight against insurgents, including the Arakan Army.

25 May 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Indonesia’s Rohingya crisis a ‘ticking time bomb’ amid government ‘neglect’

Analysts point to social-media disinformation to ‘discredit’ and ‘demonise’ Rohingya refugees in the lead-up to the presidential election in February.

6 Apr 2024 - 12:30PMvideocam

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees rest at the former Red Cross Indonesia office building in Meulaboh, West Aceh, on March 22. Photo: AFP

‘Extremely dangerous’: India lambasted for deporting Rohingya to Myanmar

The move to deport the Rohingya refugees happened just as India enacted a controversial new citizenship law.

5 Apr 2024 - 1:17AMvideocam

Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar gather outside a mosque in Jammu, the capital of Kashmir, India, on March 7, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE

2 people killed in Bangladesh as fighting rages on Myanmar border

Last month’s China-mediated ceasefire between Myanmar’s junta, the Arakan Army and other ethnic minority fighters doesn’t apply to areas near the Bangladeshi and Indian borders.

5 Feb 2024 - 6:45PMvideocam

More than 100 Myanmar migrants flee Malaysia detention, 1 dies in crash

An official said 131 people escaped from the Bidor immigration detention depot in Perak state.

2 Feb 2024 - 11:51AMvideocam

‘A good life’? Rohingya women trafficked to India face detention threat

Young Rohingya women in Bangladesh are trafficked to India on the pretext of ‘marriage to a good man’, but often end up arrested and detained in shelters.

23 Jan 2024 - 7:30PMvideocam

Rohingya refugee Rubina Akhtar in India. She was trafficked across the border from Bangladesh after being sexually assaulted in her Cox’s Bazar camp. Photo: Sarah Aziz

In India, chorus of anti-Muslim hatred grows louder with rise of H-pop

A wave of young Hindu nationalist singers are releasing songs that ‘spew hatred against Muslims’ and other minorities in an emerging genre known as Hindutva pop.

22 Jan 2024 - 9:47PMvideocam

Indonesians rejecting Rohingya slammed for showing ‘same hatred as Israelis’

Indonesians are showing hypocrisy by treating Rohingya refugees as ‘subhuman’ while supporting Palestinians, a Palestinian-American journalist says.

1 Jan 2024 - 4:51PMvideocam

‘Only bring problems later’: more Rohingya refugees arrive in Indonesia

Nearly 150 Rohingya refugees arrived at a beach in North Sumatra on Saturday in a leaky wooden boat that brought them from Bangladesh.

1 Jan 2024 - 12:52PM

University students hold a banner that reads “reject the Rohingya” as they demonstrate against the arrival of Rohingya refugees in Banda Aceh last Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Indonesians storm shelter demanding Rohingya deportation

28 Dec 2023 - 3:11PM

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Indonesian protesters storm refugee shelter, call for deportation of Rohingya

Rohingya refugees have experienced increasing hostility in Indonesia as locals grow frustrated at the numbers of boats arriving with the ethnic minority, who face persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

27 Dec 2023 - 9:12PM

Rohingya refugee recounts realities of being displaced in Indonesia

Rohingya refugees like Nur Azizah reach Indonesia after perilous boat journeys, but are unable to work and have to rely on support from international organisations.

27 Dec 2023 - 12:07PMvideocam

Underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages

27 Dec 2023 - 9:16AM

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Violence and prejudice in 2023: a year of hurdles for Asia’s women, LGBT folk

Violence in the region has meant increased risks of women and girls becoming victims of abuse and sexual attacks.

4 Jan 2024 - 2:32PMvideocam

Women shout slogans as they protest over the atrocities against Meitei women in Imphal on August 7, 2023, following ongoing ethnic violence in the northeastern Manipur state. Photo: AFP

Eyewitnesses reveal first clues about missing boat with Rohingya refugees

Survivor Muhammad Jubair, of another refugee boat, says the ailing vessel disappeared from view after a storm destroyed the engine on Jubair’s vessel and severed the ropes between the two boats.

23 Dec 2023 - 11:50PM

Fake UN accounts spewing anti-refugee hate feed Indonesia’s Rohingya rejection

Much of the resistance to Rohingya refugees stems from online misinformation, human rights activists say, as well as organised attacks against the United Nations and its refugee agency.

22 Dec 2023 - 7:00PMvideocam

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Rohingya Muslims

Rohingya Muslims are an ethnic group who practice Islam and speak a language related to Bengali. The origin of this group of people is disputed with some saying they are indigenous to the state of Rakhine in Myanmar while others contend they are migrants who came from Bengal (now Bangladesh), to Myanmar during the period of British colonial rule. According to the United Nations, Rohingyas are one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Many have fled Myanmar to refugee camps in Bangladesh and areas along the Thai-Myanmar border.

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27 August, 2024