Gunfire wounds six in temple town.

THE Star ONLINE
Wednesday, 20 Mar 2019

YANGON: At least six people were wounded in firing as Myanmar soldiers hunted ethnic Rakhine insurgents in the western town of Mrauk U, residents said, while the military issued a statement saying a convoy was ambushed entering the historic temple town.

Rakhine leader gets 20 years for treason.

THE Star ONLINE
Wednesday, 20 Mar 2019

Sittwe (Myanmar): A Myanmar court sentenced a prominent ethnic Rakhine leader to 20 years in jail for treason, a verdict likely to intensify anger amid fighting between the ethnic group and the army.

Suu Kyi: Invest in Rakhine.

THE Star ONLINE
Saturday, 23 Feb 2019

New ventures: Investors looking at the schedule of the Rakhine State Investment Fair at Ngapali beach in Thandwe, Myanmar. — Reuters

NGAPALI BEACH: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for investment in the crisis-hit western state of Rakhine, saying the world had “focused narrowly on negative aspects” in the state from which some 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled since 2017.

Troubled Rakhine touted as tourist attraction.

THE Star ONLINE
Friday, 22 Feb 2019

Deceptive calm: Tourists relaxing at Ngapali Beach in Thandwe, Rakhine State. — Reuters

YANGON: Organisers of a summit in Myanmar’s crisis-hit western state of Rakhine are this week pitching to investors its plentiful farmland and fishing grounds, tourist-ready beaches and historic temples.

Nine UN countries call for meeting on Rohingya crisis.

THE Star ONLINE
Friday, 22 Feb 2019

NEW YORK: The United States, France, Britain and six other countries on the United Nations Security Council have called for a meeting on Myanmar that is expected to face opposition from China, diplomats said.

Suu Kyi’s party proposes committee to change army-drafted charter.

THE Star ONLINE 

Wednesday, 30 Jan 2019

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s ruling party has proposed steps towards changing the constitution, its biggest challenge in nearly three years to the military’s power over politics as enshrined in the charter.

The strange life of Salim the refugee redux.

The STAR online

By Danial Rahman

Wednesday, 30 Jan 2019

Children at the Rohingya Cultural Centre in the US. - Filepic

What a change for Salim. From living 21 years in Kuala Lumpur as a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, he is now resettled in Utica, upper New York State – about 390km from the Big Apple.

His dream destination, and life, is taking shape.

“Boleh tahan... ada heater (not bad... there’s a heater)," he says while giving a virtual tour of his new home via WhatsApp’s free video call. 

Myanmar army told to stage push against Arakan rebels.

The Star Online
Sunday, 20 Jan 2019

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military announced that the Arakan Army, a Buddhist rebel group in Rakhine state, has been classified a terrorist organisation after mounting a flurry of recent attacks.

The state earlier was the site of a brutal counterinsurgency campaign by the military against the Muslim Rohingya minority, causing more than 700,000 to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.