Farmers Try to Reclaim Confiscated Land

About 150 farmers in Pegu Division’s Prome District begin to farm 470 hectares of land that was taken from them a decade ago.

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Arakan Commission Holds First Press Conference

A 27-member commission into sectarian violence in Arakan State says it will take time to release its findings.

Hardliners Will Be Left Behind: Thein Sein

Burmese President Thein Sein tells a coordinating meeting in the capital Naypyidaw that “conservatives who do not have a reformist mindset will be left behind.”