Hundreds of thousands of people are still without decent jobs and housing a year after Cyclone Nargis ripped through Myanmar, leaving many vulnerable to the coming monsoon rains and mired in a life of poverty, humanitarian groups said Thursday.

Key facts about Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar one year ago:

The boat’s owner points to a palm-covered bend in the river where dozens of bamboo huts perched on spindly stilts _ until Cyclone Nargis devastated this remote region a year ago.

Members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party said Tuesday they will wait to see whether laws governing next year’s elections conform with democratic standards before deciding if they will contest the polls.

Myanmar’s military government tightened security as the country’s pro-democracy party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Tuesday to discuss political issues including next year’s planned election.

U.S. senators urged Malaysia to probe claims by refugees from Myanmar that Malaysian immigration officials handed them over to human traffickers on Malaysia’s border with Thailand.

Two members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party were arrested and charged with insulting religion after they prayed for the release of political prisoners, a party spokesman said Friday.

Authorities in Myanmar have arrested five members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, a spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the U.N. called for the release of more than 2,000 political prisoners in the military-run country

Authorities have arrested five members of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, a spokesman said Tuesday, a day after the U.N. called for the release of 2,100 political prisoners.

The U.N. refugee agency said Thursday it would increase its focus on areas of Myanmar from which Muslim migrants have recently fled.