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Women’s International Perspective: Burma must not be forgotten

Yangon :: Myanmar | about 15 hours ago | No category

Source: BurmaNet

In a country that has been ruled by the military junta since 1962, where its ethnic women are raped with impunity by military soldiers, and where less than 3% of the national budget is spent on healthcare, Burma must not...

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Veteran journalist-politician Win Tin hospitalized

Yangon :: Myanmar | about 19 hours ago | No category

Source: Myanmar News

Veteran journalist and politician U Win Tin, released from prison after nearly two decades, was hospitalized at the Yangon Medical Centre (YMC) on Thursday after his health deteriorated and he was too weak to function normally, a nurse at the...

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Disabled persons honored in Myanmar for wonderful skills

Yangon :: Myanmar | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Myanmar News

A total of 22 outstanding disabled persons in Myanmar were honored by the government for their wonderful skills and talents, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday. The 22 were awarded at a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw...

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Hip-hop Star Banished to Remote Prison

Yangon :: Myanmar | 2 days ago | Political News

Source: Myanmar News

Seven political detainees, including popular hip-hop star Zayar Thaw, were transported to prisons in remote areas around Burma on Wednesday, said sources in Rangoon. Zayar Thaw, 27, who received a six-year prison sentence on November 20 for his participation in...

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Daewoo starts pulling out of disputed waters

Yangon :: Myanmar | 28 days ago | No category

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury stated this based on the information received from the government sources of the Republic of Korea. "This is indeed good news, if true, and would mean that our initiatives have paid off," he said. The...

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Myanmar says Daewoo will continue exploration

Yangon :: Myanmar | 26 days ago | Political News

Source: Taiwan News

Daewoo International Corp. has completed its oil and gas exploration in contested waters in the Bay of Bengal and will drill elsewhere, Myanmar state-controlled media said Sunday, disputing Bangladesh's claim that the company backed out after it complained about the...

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Bangladesh, Myanmar reinforce border troops

Yangon :: Myanmar | 27 days ago | No category

Source: Gulf News

The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), a border force, said Myanmar had started reinforcing troops at strategic points along the 320 km border, partly demarcated by the Naf river. "We have also taken appropriate measures and asked for reinforcement," a senior BDR...

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Burmese Junta Sentences NLD Activists

Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 month ago | No category

Source: Myanmar News

Win Mya Mya, a well-known pro-democracy activist in Mandalay, and five other members of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) were sentenced to long prison terms on Friday. The court sentenced the six members of the NLDs Mandalay Division...

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Myanmar ?suspends gas exploration? after BD action

Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 month ago | No category

Source: Dawn

Myanmar on Wednesday suspended gas exploration in the disputed waters of the Bay of Bengal after Bangladeshs diplomatic engagements with South Korea and China on the issue. On Tuesday, Bangladesh had deployed naval troops aboard four frigates to reinforce its...

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Yangon bomb blast victim identified as perpetrator himself

Yangon :: Myanmar | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Myanmar News

The man killed in a recent bomb explosion in a satellite township in Myanmar's former capital of Yangon has been officially identified as the perpetrator himself. According to the state newspaper New Light of Myanmar Tuesday, the bomb blast occurred...

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