The wife of a Myanmar military officer was killed by a pipe bomb as they moved into a new home in northern Rakhine state, the army said Friday, as the body count in the troubled region rises with landmines and assassinations.

Myanmar officer's wife killed by pipe bomb in latest Rakhine violence

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have urged Myanmar to give a full mandate to an inquiry commission to hold accountable those responsible for the violence in Rakhine state, Singapore said on Tuesday.

Myanmar's neighbours urge accountability for Rakhine violence

The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and Myanmar met in Dhaka to finalise the agreement signed on November 23 for the voluntary return of nearly 750,000 Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees to start returning to Myanmar from January: Officials

Bangladesh's foreign minister said the violence in Rakhine state had led to an exodus of nearly 300,000 of the Muslim minorities to the country

Violence in Myanmar's Rakhine genocide: Bangladesh

At least 32 people including 11 security forces were killed as Rohingya militants besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's army chief said

Myanmar: 32 dead in violence by Rohingya militants in Rakhine

The attacks in October set off a crackdown on the minority, prompting more than 70,000 people to flee across the border to Bangladesh

Senior Myanmar police jailed for negligence over Rohingya attacks

China has put its armed forces on high alert and called for all sides to exercise restraint

China says 3,000 flee Myanmar after fighting along border