Myanmar
Chris Carter on Myanmar: 'Aung San Suu Kyi doesn’t have much manoeuvrability'
Former Labour Party minister Chris Carter left New Zealand in 2011 for a role with the UN in Afghanistan. He's now working in Myanmar and for the past two years he has been leading all UN Agencies… Audio
Myanmar army replaces Rakhine general
Myanmar's army has replaced the general in charge of Rakhine state where an army operation drove more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh.
At least 12 Rohingya drown in boat capsize
The refugees, mainly children, died after a boat packed with Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized near the Bangladesh coast, officials say.
Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of 'Freedom of Oxford'
The city council withdrew the honour because of the de facto Myanmar leader's response to the Rohingya crisis.
Children drown as Rohingya boat capsizes
At least 14 Rohingya people - all women and children - have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Bangladesh, police say.
Rohingya Muslims living in ‘unimaginable conditions’
Charlotte Glennie, an ex-pat New Zealand journalist working for Unicef on the border of Bangladesh, describes the conditions 400,000 Rohingya people are living in after fleeing Myanmar. Video, Audio
Nights' Overseas Correspondent
Francis wade gives us some history and context to the unfolding situation in Myanmar. Audio
Aung San Suu Kyi 'disappointing' on Rohingya crisis
Leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, has claimed she does not know why 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled her country. The BBC's Jonah Fisher joins us from the capital, Naypyidaw, with more details. Audio
Rohingya people 'extremists' - Myanmar general
Myanmar's top general has blamed Rohingya people for the crisis that has led to hundreds of thousands crossing into Bangladesh.
Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh: Corinne Ambler
Red Cross communications manager Corinne Ambler was in Bangladesh to assist with that country's shocking floods. But now she's helping thousands of Rohingya muslims flooding across the border from… Audio
'Wall to wall human suffering' - the Rohingya refugee crisis
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are pouring over the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh as the Rohingya refugee crisis continues. Red Cross aid worker Corinne Ambler says it's "wall to wall human… Audio
Rohinga Muslim refugees overwhelm aid groups in Myanmar
The BBC's Reeta Chakrabarti has been talking to refugees from Myanmar. She says aid groups were not prepared for the scale of the exodus from Myanmar and the situation has become dire. Audio
Rohingya crisis 'ethnic cleansing' - UN
The security operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar "seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing", the UN human rights chief says.
More 'clearance' of Rohingya as Annan demands change
The Kofi Annan-led Advisory Commission on Myanmar's Rakhine State has urged the government to grant birth certificates and citizenship to Rohingya children born there.
NZer returns treasures pilfered from Burma
A New Zealand man will today hand back treasures his great-great-grandfathers ransacked from a Burmese pagoda more than 160 years ago.
Bodies found in search for missing Myanmar plane
Bodies and aircraft debris have been found by a navy ship searching for a military transport plane that vanished with 122 people on board.
Myanmar military plane vanishes
Ships and planes were scouring the coast of southern Myanmar after a military aircraft vanished with 122 people on board, the army and civil aviation officials said.
Burmese human rights abuses criticised
The Burmese army's investigation into alleged military abuses against Rohingya Muslims in the west of the country has uncovered no wrongdoing except in two minor incidents.
The Expats: Alicia de la Cour Venning in Myanmar
Alicia de la Cour Venning is a New Zealand lawyer, living and working in the Kachin State, in Myanmar. Audio, Gallery
Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar
Is genocide unfolding in Myanmar? The Rohingya people are an ethnic Muslim group in Myanmar who are often described as the world's most persecuted minority. Executive Director of Fortify Rights… Audio