Myanmar insisted Wednesday to the United Nations that the crisis in violence-torn Rakhine state was easing after heavy international. criticism, reports AFP. In a sharp contrast to the claim, the United Nations says more than 420,000 Rohingya have fled for safety to Bangladesh in the face of an army campaign that includes the burning of villages and rape. Myanmar’s second vice president Henry Van Thio addressed the annual UN General Assembly in the place of leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who a day earlier delivered a speech calling for patience. Van Thio’s remarks are even less likely than Suu Kyi’s to mollify global concerns as he questioned the reasons for the flight of members of the Rohingya Muslim minority. “I am happy…

Although more than 422,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh fleeing from a recent spell of violence…