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Burma
Three activists were detained by police for holding a Karen Martyrs’ Day event in Yangon without permission.
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Burma
U Shwe Mann, founder of the Union Betterment Party and ex-chair of the military proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party, says he will not run in Myanmar’s election.
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Burma
Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission has launched an investigation after two teenagers were allegedly beaten to death at Mandalay Youth Center.
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Burma
Fighting in Rakhine has derailed the voter list process for Myanmar’s election as authorities are unable to post lists in active conflict areas and lack data on IDP camps.
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Asia
Due to the introduction of more fuel-efficient models and changes brought about by the coronavirus, Boeing said it would stop making 747 airliners in 2022.
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Burma
Sagaing Region says many migrant workers are illegally returning from India to avoid quarantine centers, leading to fears of a coronavirus outbreak.
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Burma
Rights groups say they can do nothing to protect civilians in ongoing violence between the Arakan Army and Myanmar’s military.
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Guest Column
Myanmar cannot separate itself from China, but to safeguard its sovereignty it must cultivate strong ties with the US.
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Election 2020
Myanmar migrants and rights groups are voicing concerns that millions of voters living abroad will be left out of November’s election, just as they were in 2015.
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Myanmar & COVID-19
Ko Nay Lin Htet, a 27-year-old man who hung himself while in quarantine in Pathein, was the second returned migrant worker to kill himself on Friday.
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On This Day
The rising influence of Mao Zedong among Yangon’s Chinese community was blamed for anti-Chinese attacks that led to the severing of diplomatic ties with China.
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Burma
The State Counselor, president and Union ministers have acquired highly valuable plots of land in the capital, attracting criticism from the former ruling party.
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On This Day
On this day in 1911, a poor farmer who embodied rural people’s hopes of a better life and opposition to colonial rule was sentenced to hang by the British.
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Burma
A clerk of the Kyaukphyu Township General Administration Department in Rakhine State was abducted from his home Tuesday night and found dead the next day, police said.
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Burma
Jobless due to COVID-19 and fearing arrest amid a crackdown on illegal migrants, six undocumented Myanmar workers in Malaysia have committed suicide in the past month.
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