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Responding to international efforts to prosecute Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, government spokesman says country’s image ‘severely damaged’.
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Zau Seng, a Kachin medic and cameraman working with the US-based Free Burma Rangers relief group in Syria, is killed in a mortar strike by Turkish-backed forces.
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The Yangon City Development Committee says a Singaporean luxury spa in Yangon’s Secretariat building has to be closed, as it has been operating without a license.
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China seeks international domination and must be confronted, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warns.
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US Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell visited Yangon, Sittwe and Naypyitaw this week and offered continued support for democracy and development.
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Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other nations in the region prepare for possible ‘lone wolf’ strikes by ISIS loyalists after terror group leader’s death in Syria.
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US Federal Communications Commission set to block state funding to telecom carriers who do business with China’s Huawei, ZTE on grounds of national security.
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Burma
State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi meets Myanmar MMA champ Aung La Nsang, aka the ‘Burmese Python’, in Tokyo and congratulates him on his recent ONE Championship win.
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Myanmar appoints Daw Hmway Hmway Khyne, a UN representative and outspoken critic of the UN’s accountability mechanisms on Myanmar, as its ambassador to Italy on Monday.
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