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Xinhua
April 22, 2018
YANGON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's two-day official visit to Vietnam has contributed to boosting relations between Myanmar and Vietnam, said a statement of Myanmar's Foreign Ministry Sunday. Aung San Suu Kyi paid an official visit to Vietnam on April 19-20 at theÃâà...
Xinhua
April 22, 2018
BEIJING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday met with former Myanmar President U Thein Sein, vowing to promote the development of the China-Myanmar economic corridor. Wang said the comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countriesÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 22, 2018
The briefing was jointly conducted by U Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor, U Thaung Tun, Union Minister for the Office of Union Government, Dr. Win Myat Aye, Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and the members of Myanmar delegation – Dr. AungÃâà...
Radio Free Asia
April 21, 2018
Forced disappearances of lawyers and intensified repression of Tibetans and Uyghurs in China, ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, arbitrary arrests of politicians in Cambodia, and mistreatment of prisoners in Vietnam topped the list of human rights problems in Asia in 2017, according to anÃâà...
The Guardian
April 20, 2018
Hours later, they found the mutilated bodies, hastily buried five miles from their homes at the Maihkawng internal displacement camp in Myanmar's conflict-torn Kachin state. They suspected that soldiers from Myanmar's army were responsible, but they didn't expect anything to happen to the perpetrators.
Aljazeera.com
April 19, 2018
Almost 2,000 civilians from Myanmar's Kachin community, trapped in a jungle while escaping clashes between the army and the guerrillas, are in urgent need of medical attention, the community leaders said. The latest fighting in the northern state's Tanai town started earlier this month with governmentÃâà...
Xinhua
April 19, 2018
NAY PYI TAW, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi left Nay Pyi Taw Thursday on an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, according to official sources. During the two-day visit, Suu Kyi is expected to have talks with theÃâà...
The National Interest Online
April 4, 2018
Barely six months after the fastest exodus of Rohingya refugees since the genocide began out of Myanmar, and the feeling of urgency is already waning. The United States needs to increase pressure on Myanmar, ensure that refugees are safe and secure, and work to find a durable solution. It will not getÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 4, 2018
Militant attacks last August in Myanmar's Rakhine state sparked a military crackdown, forcing some 700,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh. ... Mr Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division, that while Facebook is dominant as a source of news in Myanmar, the country isÃâà...
Myanmar Times
April 4, 2018
Myanmar has sought the help of its allies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to solve the crisis in northern Rakhine State through the help of a panel of experts that advises the ... “If agreed, as the chair of ASEAN, Singapore will talk with other member states and ask for help for Myanmar.
Voice of America
April 4, 2018
Shanaka Jay Peiris, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) mission chief to Myanmar, said in a recent interview that initial data reviewed by the IMF ... Both the United States and Canada imposed sanctions against a general in Myanmar's military for his role in the crackdown against the Muslim Rohingya.
ReliefWeb
April 4, 2018
State Counsellor and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy ... capacity building, education, the empowerment of women and ways and means to enhance cooperation between Myanmar and the United Nations.
ReliefWeb
April 4, 2018
Decades of conflict left nine out of the 14 Myanmar states and regions heavily contaminated with antipersonnel mines, with serious effects on the socio-economic development in affected areas. Landmines indeed mostly affect civilians and rural communities where farmers are forced to risk their livesÃâà...
Frontier Myanmar
March 28, 2018
YANGON — Myanmar's military chief has called on the country to unite against what he said were opposition forces attempting to “disintegrate the union”, ... at a time when the Tatmadaw is facing widespread international criticism for its handling of the crisis in Rakhine State, which has seen an estimatedÃâà...
Mobile World Live
March 28, 2018
MyTel, the fourth operator in Myanmar, launched service in capital city Nay Pyi Taw, the eastern Bago Region and Kayin State, with plans to target rural customers and compete on price, The Myanmar Times ... It plans to expand coverage to all 15 states and regions next month, the newspaper reported.
New Jersey Herald
March 28, 2018
The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on companies across the globe to punish illicit trade with nuclear-armed North Korea, yet Myanmar, which is suspected of acquiring ballistic missile systems from the pariah state, has escaped the full force of the “maximum pressure” campaign.
Radio Free Asia
March 28, 2018
Two fishermen accused of stealing money and supplies from a warehouse in Myanmar's Irrawaddy division have been tortured under questioning by ... 16, police in Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine state shot dead seven ethnic Rakhine protesters and wounded 13 others after thousands of members of theÃâà...
Radio Free Asia
March 27, 2018
Chinese authorities have frozen seven bank accounts owned by Myanmar traders who do business along the border in northern Shan state, claiming that the funds they contain are linked to illegal gambling activities, a Myanmar government official said Monday. The banks began freezing the accounts ofÃâà...
Voice of America
March 26, 2018
A delegation of Indian CEOs visiting Myanmar and the launch of a new India-Myanmar business chamber in Yangon have sought to inject life into stagnant ... eastern seaport of Kolkata to its landlocked northeastern states via ports, inland water terminals and roads in Myanmar's Rakhine and Chin states.
The Guardian
March 26, 2018
In its strongest statement yet against the quasi-military regime, Australia condemned Myanmar's violence at the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying anyone guilty of human rights abuses “must be held to account”. “Australia reiterates its deep concern about events in Rakhine state, includingÃâà...
Reliefweb
December 31, 1999
Basking in the golden light of the setting sun, the village located in a valley in Karen State's mountainous Papun District (or Mutraw, as it is known in Karen) was ... They were running from the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) after large numbers of troops were deployed in Lu Thaw Township without warning.
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