A police officer stands near a mosque which was burnt during a riot between Buddhist and Muslims in Lashio township May 29, 2013.

Buddhist mobs attack Muslim homes for second day in Myanmar; one dead

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LASHIO - Buddhist mobs armed with sticks and machetes burned Muslim homes on Wednesday for a second day in the northern Myanmar city of Lashio, contradicting claims in state media that soldiers and police had restored calm. A Reuters reporter saw scores of young men and boys on motorbikes and on foot marauding through the city of 130,000 people...

Around 50 thousands Rohingya people take refugee in Baw Pha Du camp in Sittwe, Rakhine, Myanmar. (illustration)

ACT to rehabilitate Rohingya housing

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesia's non-governmental organization, Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT), is ready to rehabilitate several housings of ethnic Rohingya in Sittwe, Myanmar. Deputy President of ACT, Syuhelmaidi Syukur, said the rehabilitation could be conducted after the conflict in Rakhine was stopped. "We plan to do it," Syukur said on Tuesday. ACT gathered any available data of the housing condition when the organization...

Around 50 thousands internal displaced persons of Rohingya stay in Baw Pha Du camp in Sittwe, Rakhine. (illustration)

Rabu , 12 Sep 2012, 21:37 WIB

MER-C goes to Myanmar

Protesters march with a banner showing pictures of Myanmar President Thein Sein (left) and UN human rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana (reading

Selasa , 11 Sep 2012, 19:33 WIB

PKS sends second delegation to Myanmar

Muslims' daily life in Yangon, Myanmar (illustration)

Senin , 03 Sep 2012, 20:15 WIB

A letter from Muslim Rohingya

Some volunteers prepare Indonesian humanitarian relief before departing to Myanmar last week. Myanmar's government finally issued travel document for Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) on Wednesday to deliver the aid for Rohingya refugees. (illustration)

Kamis , 30 Aug 2012, 20:30 WIB

PMI finally gets travel document from Myanmar

Volunteers of Indonesian Red Cross in Myanmar say that their aid distribution to Rohingya people is still hampered due to visa permit. (illustration)

Selasa , 28 Aug 2012, 21:00 WIB

PMI: Aids distribution for Rohingya hampered

A Rohingya Muslim man who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape religious violence, cries as he pleads from a boat after being intercepted by Bangladesh border authorities in Taknaf, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Bangladesh has turned back more than

Rabu , 22 Aug 2012, 20:06 WIB

Indonesian MPs visit Myanmar for Rohingya

Myanmar President Thein Sein (right) greets Chairman of Indonesian Red Cross, Jusuf Kalla.

Sabtu , 11 Aug 2012, 22:07 WIB

Kalla meets Thein Sein

Ethnic Rohingya refugees arrive on dry land after being rescued by Acehnese fishermen Jan. 7, 2009 on Sabang, an island off the coast of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. One hundred ninety-three men of Rohingya ethnicity, 17 from Bangladesh and the others from Myanm

Kamis , 09 Aug 2012, 22:00 WIB

Kalla leads Indonesian Red Cross to Rohingya