Junta: White elephant sign of right to rule
Though it is a pariah on the world stage and battling fierce domestic opposition to its rule, Myanmar’s junta has ...
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Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force in military-built capital
Myanmar troops and weaponry paraded through the military-built capital Naypyidaw to mark the country's independence day Wednesday, days after the junta ...
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Suu Kyi jailed for total of 33 years
Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series ...
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Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi gets
new 7-year jail term, total now at 33
Naypyidaw—Ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to another seven years in jail as her long series ...
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Cambodia says ASEAN envoy to attend dialog on Myanmar
A regional envoy tasked with solving the Myanmar crisis will attend an informal meeting in Thailand on Thursday, Cambodia said, ...
Read morePolice arrest gang linked to deaths of 13 Rohingya
Myanmar police have arrested 12 suspected members of a human trafficking gang linked to the deaths of 13 Rohingya, the ...
Read moreTrial of Suu Kyi enters final phase
A junta court will hear the final arguments in the 18-month-long trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi next week, ...
Read more‘Myanmar sentences 7 students to death’
BANGKOK—The Myanmar junta handed out at least seven more death sentences this week, taking the tally of those on death ...
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BI to investigate human trafficking through airports
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco has ordered the immediate investigation of reports of Filipino trafficking victims having been ...
Read morePressure Myanmar junta, journo tells Japan
Tokyo—A Japanese journalist released from Myanmar in a prisoner amnesty called on Monday for Tokyo to put more pressure on ...
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