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The Burmese-born US citizen currently detained in a Rangoon prison on charges of fraud is staging a hunger strike, his aunt has said. Kyaw Zaw Lwin, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, has met with his family on several occasions since he was arrested upon arrival...
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Yangon's Botahtaung Port, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday. The reconstruction of the Pontoon bridge represents one of the remaining projects in the second phase for improvement of facilities of Yangon port and inland water...
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Myanmar's junta has officially transformed the rebel army of the Kokang region into a border guard force under its command, state media reported Saturday. A ceremony marking the metamorphosis from former rebel force to the Kokang border guards was held...
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Central Committee in 1989 and related work programs were implemented since then. Beginning 2000, prevention of HIV virus transmission from mother to child was initiated. According to the latest figures, the infection rate of HIV in Myanmar has...
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Notes were exchanged after agreements were signed by Laotian Deputy Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and Myanmar's foreign and finance ministers at a ceremony in Myanmar's administrative capital Naypyitaw, the New Light of Myanmar said...It is Myanmar's...
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Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry held in Bandasri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam last week...At the meeting, Myanmar delegation discussed the reduction of disadvantages of climate change for food sufficiency, regional cooperation and construction of...
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Complaints of forced labour in Burma have risen by nearly 50 percent in the past five months, with more than half of these stemming from the recruitment of youths into the army. The statistics, published in a report by the International Labour Organisation...
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Two ethnic militias in military-ruled Myanmar have become the first to transform their forces into border guards under a government plan aimed at ensuring stability ahead of elections next year, state media said Wednesday. The militias, representing factions...
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Myanmar and Egypt will cooperate in education, technology and culture under an agreement between the two countries, official newspaper the New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday. The agreement was signed by Myanmar Minister for National Planning and Economic...
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Prime Minister Thein Sein attended the torching ceremony Saturday in Kokang, a mainly ethnic Chinese region of Shan state, where clashes broke out between the regime and rebels in August, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper reported.
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