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Commentary: Who decides the cessation of violence in Myanmar?
As the violence in Myanmar looks set to spill over into another year of intractable struggle, both sides are dealing…
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Women, children among 29 killed as artillery hits Myanmar refugee camp
MYANMAR: An artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar’s border with China has killed at least 29 people,…
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son ‘extremely worried’ about his mother’s health
LONDON: The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s detained former leader, said he was “extremely worried” about his mother’s…
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Commentary: In a meaningless gesture, Myanmar junta cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence
SYDNEY: Myanmar’s generals have long demonstrated an extraordinary capacity to remember everything, and to learn nothing. Sometimes this serves them…
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s pardon part of Myanmar junta’s attempt to seek legitimacy: Former UN expert
“They think that reducing sentences for Aung San Suu Kyi and the president U Win Myint will first of all…
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Extending state of emergency, delaying promised polls: Is the junta losing its ground in Myanmar?
MILITARY JUNTA LOSING CONTROL The junta, which seized power in a coup that deposed the civilian government led by Ms…
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Commentary: Has history left Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi behind?
Indeed, over the past few years, a host of small armed groups have arisen. Many pay lip service to the…
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Myanmar air strikes kill 10 civilians: Locals, media reports
BANGKOK: A Myanmar military air strike on a village killed ten civilians, locals and media reports said on Wednesday (Jun…
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Myanmar lawyers face harassment, intimidation in junta courts
BANGKOK: Myanmar lawyers defending political detainees in junta-run courts are being harassed and even jailed by military authorities, Human Rights…
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Violence in Myanmar expected to worsen as civilians given right to bear arms
Ms Moe Thuzar, senior fellow and coordinator of the Myanmar Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute, said…
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