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## Burma


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* ![Life in Kutupalong refugee camp](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt374c494b45766018/69892e38929faddc7bbf0523/gettyimages-943252354.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 24, 2018  
## [Championing Rohingya Rights in Myanmar Cost Me 12 Years in Prison. It’s a Price Worth Paying](https://time.com/5248183/rohingya-rights-myanmar-prison/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by U Kyaw Hla Aung
* ![MYANMAR-BANGLADESH-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf39e029d5c43313/6988f64b0a4a22538f9d1309/gettyimages-614463798.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 22, 2017  
## [U.S. Sanctions Myanmar General Accused of Ethnic Cleansing](https://time.com/5077015/us-sanctions-rights-abusers-myanmar-general/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Reuters
* ![SKOREA-MYAMNAR-BANGLADESH-UNREST-REFUGEE-UN](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92570bc2d6e93e92/6988f61efb4eac00c6895144/gettyimages-844005038.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2017  
## [Myanmar Bars U.N. Official as Genocide Claims Intensify](https://time.com/5075233/myanmar-bars-special-rapporteur-yanghee-lee/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Laignee Barron
* ![MYANMAR-BANGLADESH-KILLINGS-UNREST](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a79f391b79a6f50/6988f594656a3fb3bebd2e4d/gettyimages-817106766.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2017  
## [The Myanmar Military Is Investigating a Mass Grave in Rakhine](https://time.com/5070606/myanmar-mass-grave-rakhine-rohingya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters
* ![Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights gestures during a news conference in Geneva](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb275033d9138e308/6988f569cf40a8756ac4aa24/rtx3dyjv.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 18, 2017  
## [Aung San Suu Kyi 'Could Face Genocide Charges': Rights Chief](https://time.com/5068442/aung-san-suu-kyi-genocide-myanmar/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Laignee Barron  
* ![Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce02a4676f817e10/6988f531ab6d77c6b46b1043/gettyimages-887252856.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 15, 2017  
## [U.N. Chief Condemns Rights Violations in Myanmar](https://time.com/5065720/un-chief-human-rights-journalists-myanmar/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters
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Dec 14, 2017  
## [Myanmar Arrests Two More Journalists](https://time.com/5063849/myanmar-journalist-arrests-crackdown/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Reuters
* ![MYANMAR-VATICAN-RELIGION-POPE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a7394b970d4082b/6988e6eb929fad4902bee9b3/gettyimages-879924476.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 27, 2017  
## [Pope Arrives in Myanmar Amid Simmering Tensions](https://time.com/5037538/pope-francis-myanmar-rohingya/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Eli Meixler
* ![War in Burma, 1949.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0e888490e45ddd0/6988df75ab6d7759a36aff67/burma-war-1949-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 24, 2017  
## ['The Turmoil of Burma' in 1949: The Constant Conflict of Myanmar](https://time.com/4958097/burma-1949-conflict-turmoil-burma/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
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Oct 4, 2017  
## [Rakhine Video Costs Myanmar Beauty Queen Her Job](https://time.com/4968471/myanmar-rohingya-rakhine-beauty-queen/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Laignee Barron  
* ![Inside a Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh as Crisis Tarnishes Myanmar Image](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e30ca357f38733/6988ddaf8fd2ee2fac358d65/rohingya.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 21, 2017  
## [U.S. May Limit Myanmar Ties Over Rohingya Crisis](https://time.com/4952270/myanmar-rohindya-us-military-ties/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![Inside a Rohingya Refugee Camp in Bangladesh as Crisis Tarnishes Myanmar Image](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80e30ca357f38733/6988ddaf8fd2ee2fac358d65/rohingya.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 13, 2017  
## [Top Catholic Official in Myanmar Speaks Out on Treatment of Rohingya Muslims](https://time.com/4939946/myanmar-rohingya-muslims-pope-francis-envoy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![Rohingya people in Bangladesh](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1d79358160c89df/6988dbce22fb850f4fe229df/gettyimages-840423676.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 30, 2017  
## [18,000 Rohingya Fled Myanmar Violence Since Last Week](https://time.com/4921425/rohingya-bangladesh-rakhine-refugees/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Joseph Hincks
* ![Reporters protest as they call on Myanmar government and military authorities to release reporters who were arrested in Yangon](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf60fe53018097119/6988d4c94ee26267be30e0ba/rts198lc.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 7, 2017  
## [Arrested Journalists Highlight Lack of Free Press in Myanmar](https://time.com/4846625/myanmar-arrested-journalists-suu-kyi/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Colin Hinshelwood
* ![MYANMAR-POLITIC-UNION-DAY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta33c2663fc963b33/6988d045cd1bba009f70582a/gettyimages-634828746.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 7, 2017  
## [In Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar, Peace Is Becoming an Elusive Dream](https://time.com/4805031/myanmar-burma-suu-kyi-peace-process/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Francis Wade

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