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ASEAN mulls Suu Kyi amnesty call

Source: Channel NewsAsia

Yangon : Myanmar | 3 months ago

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Senior Asian officials met in Indonesia on Thursday to discuss issuing an unprecedented call for amnesty for Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, Indonesia's foreign ministry said. Myanmar, were considering a "joint appeal" for Suu Kyi's release from house arrest, ministry spokesman...

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Yaangan: Mianmar democracy movement leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was visited by the American Minister Kurtz Campbell here. The two met in a hotel here and held discussions for two hours. It is for the first time that Suu Kii met a foreign dignitary after 1995. The visit of an American minister and his scheduled meeting with the ...

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Webb visit challenges opposition assumptions

News Source: Myanmar News | 3 months ago

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Kachin film screening in Rangoon

News Source: Myanmar News | 3 months ago

This is the first ever screening of a Kachin film with Burmese subtitles in Rangoon. It will be screened in the Shwe Man Cinema in Sanchaung Township starting tomorrow for a week. "This is the first ever screening of a Kachin movie in Rangoon...We...
ICG sees some light at the end of Myanmar’s tunnel

News Source: The Jakarta Post | 3 months ago

All stakeholders should be aware of opportunities that may arise to push the new government toward reform and reconciliation,” the report said. The elections, it says, are significant because the controversial constitution, approved in...
US senator set for historic Myanmar meeting

News Source: Hindustan times | 3 months ago

US Senator Jim Webb is set to become the first senior American official to meet Myanmar's junta chief on Saturday, in landmark talks expected to focus on a US man convicted alongside Aung San Suu Kyi. The meeting with military supremo Than Shwe,...
Senator secures Suu Kyi's guest's release

News Source: Hindustan times | 3 months ago

Marking a historic trip to Myanmar, a senior US lawmaker on met pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi as well as the country's military ruler Than Shew and secured the release of an American jailed for secretly visiting the residence of the detained...
'Yettaw handed over to US embassy officials'

News Source: Hindustan times | 3 months ago

Myanmar authorities on Sunday handed over jailed American John Yettaw to US embassy officials, ahead of his departure from the country with a US senator, a local official said. He would remain with the officials at Yangon's Insein prison -- where he...