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AUNG SAN SUU KYI DENIES ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ROHINGYA
Aung San Suu Kyi also told the BBC there was a lot of hostility in Rakhine... READ MORE›
SUU KYI DENIES ETHNIC CLEANSING OF MYANMAR MINORITY
I don't think there is ethnic cleansing going on, Suu Kyi said in a rare interview televised on Wednesday... READ MORE›
NO ETHNIC CLEANSING OF MYANMAR MUSLIM MINORITY
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread reports of abuses... READ MORE›
SUU KYI'S NEW GOVERNMENT FACES FIRST TEST AT MYANMAR POLLS
The optimism which surrounded Aung San Suu Kyi's electoral win in 2015 has faded as her party struggles to push through promised reforms... READ MORE›
BY-ELECTIONS TO TEST AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S POPULARITY
Saturday's elections are the first since the country voted Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD into office in 2016... READ MORE›
AUNG SAN SUU KYI: MYANMAR'S GREAT HOPE FAILS TO LIVE UP TO EXPECTATIONS
Aung San Suu Kyi's government has angrily dismissed many of the claims as fabrications ... READ MORE›
118 FOREIGN DETAINEES 'DIE' IN MALAYSIA IN TWO YEARS
Malaysia's home ministry, which oversees the immigration department, said it was trying to improve the conditions in the centres but that its budget was constrained... READ MORE›
'CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY' IN MYANMAR - UN RAPPORTEUR
Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in power almost a year, declined an interview... READ MORE›
THOUSANDS FLEE TO CHINA AFTER MNDAA ATTACK ON ARMY
The violence threatens the goal of Myanmar's de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to reach peace with minorities... READ MORE›
DEADLY CLASHES HIT KOKANG IN MYANMAR'S SHAN STATE
READ MORE Aung San Suu Kyi hosts ethnic minorities in Myanmar An army source told AFP that the fighting was continuing as darkness fell... READ MORE›
A TAXI DRIVER WHO BATTLED WITH AN ASSASSIN IN BURMA IS HAILED AS A HERO
Co-workers piled a bloody Nay Win into Aye Myint's cab... READ MORE›
WA REBEL GROUP TORPEDOES SUU KYI'S PEACE DRIVE
Despite Thein Sein's and Suu Kyi's peace initiatives, Myanmar's frontier areas are now suffering from some of the most intense fighting seen since the 1980s... READ MORE›
MYANMAR LAWYER HAD SPARRED WITH MILITARY OVER CONSTITUTION BEFORE HE WAS KILLED
A canny constitutional lawyer, Mr. Ko Ni had outmaneuvered the military before... READ MORE›
DELTA BOSS SAYS SORRY AFTER SYSTEMS FAILURE GROUNDS US FLIGHTS
Delta Air Lines flights across the US are returning to normal after a systems failure led to departure delays and cancellations... READ MORE›
'THEY SHOT MY BOSS': PROMINENT MYANMAR RULING PARTY LAWYER SHOT DEAD
'They shot my boss' Prominent Myanmar ruling party lawyer shot dead... READ MORE›
22,000 ROHINGYA 'FLEE MYANMAR TO BANGLADESH' IN A WEEK
UN says at least 65,000 have escaped since the launch of an army crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state three months ago... READ MORE›
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MYANMAR WANTS ETHNIC CLEANSING OF ROHINGYA
On Wednesday, the Bangladesh foreign ministry summoned Myanmar's ambassador to express deep concern over the military operation in northern Rakhine state... READ MORE›
BURMESE MILITARY KILLED SEVEN OF MY CHILDREN, SAYS ROHINGYA REFUGEE
The former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan was recently permitted to visit the state and interviewed villagers in Kyet Yoe Pyin on 3 December... READ MORE›
NEW SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS HOW BURMA'S MILITARY IS TORCHING VILLAGES
The election of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has done little to quell Burma's ethnic conflict... READ MORE›
WHO WILL HELP MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA?
In recent weeks, more than 10,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh amid a military crackdown on insurgents in Myanmar's western Rakhine state... READ MORE›
MYANMAR ARMS NON-MUSLIM CIVILIANS IN RAKHINE
Ethnic Rakhine political leaders have urged the government to arm local Buddhists against what they say is rising security threats from Rohingya fighters... READ MORE›
AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S VISIT WITH HER SON AND GRANDCHILDREN IS A POIGNANT REMINDER OF WHAT SHE HAS SACRIFICED
Her discussions in Washington may include the urgent situation in the western part of the country, where Rohingya Muslims live in apartheid-like conditions... READ MORE›
SUU KYI'S NLD WINS LANDSLIDE VICTORY
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy wins a majority in Myanmar's historic election, ending decades of military-backed rule... READ MORE›
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE" -- OHIO STATE ATTACKER SAID ABUSES OF BURMA'S MUSLIMS LED TO "BOILING POINT"
He said that the ultimate goal of the Burma government is ethnic cleansing of the Muslim minority... READ MORE›
MYANMAR'S AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO MEET WITH BARACK OBAMA
Aung San Suu Kyi and US President Barack Obama are expected to discuss the easing of economic sanctions against Myanmar... READ MORE›
MYANMAR COMMISSION'S REPORT ON ROHINGYA 'FLAWED'
The rights group called the report investigating alleged abuses towards Rohingya Muslims... READ MORE›
MALAYSIA PM URGES WORLD TO ACT AGAINST 'GENOCIDE' OF MYANMAR'S ROHINGYA
Najib said the rally at a stadium in Kuala Lumpur would send a strong message to Aung San Suu Kyi's government that enough is enough ... READ MORE›
MYANMAR VOTE HAS OPPOSITION PARTY CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest for 15 years while the military was in control, emerging as a national democracy hero... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS US PREPARED TO LIFT MYANMAR SANCTIONS
Obama US prepared to lift Myanmar sanctions after meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE›
MYANMAR DETAINS POLICEMEN OVER ROHINGYA ABUSE VIDEO
Human rights groups accuse security forces of abuses against the Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine, including rape, killings and the burning of more than 1,000 homes... READ MORE›
OBAMA MEETS SUU KYI, PRODS BURMA ON ELECTIONS
EST November 14, 2014 US President Barack Obama embraces Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a press conference at her residence in Rangoon on Nov... READ MORE›
MYANMAR ARMY TO CONTINUE KEY TRANSITION ROLE
I was told that the eligibility restriction dated back to 1947 and was partly drafted by Aung San Suu Kyi's father... READ MORE›
MORE ACTION NEEDED FOR MYANMAR REFORM
Aung San Suu Kyi said she believed that the majority of the people of Myanmar were in favour of changing the law in order for her to stand... READ MORE›
BURMA OPPOSITION PARTY OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI HEADED TOWARD LANDSLIDE VICTORY
While an NLD victory is a severe rebuke to the military-aligned ruling party, the military will still play a central role in Burma... READ MORE›
RURAL MYANMAR VOTERS LINE UP AGAINST EX-GENERALS
Like many farmers here, he said he favored the opposition, the National League for Democracy, led by Myanmar's democracy hero, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi... READ MORE›
VIOLENCE ESCALATES BETWEEN MYANMAR FORCES AND ROHINGYA
Mr. Aung Win is also the chairman of the Rakhine State investigation into the Oct. 9 attacks... READ MORE›
ROHINGYAS ARE FLEEING A SCORCHED-EARTH CAMPAIGN IN BURMA. BANGLADESH IS SENDING THEM BACK.
Rohingyas are fleeing a scorched-earth campaign in Burma. Bangladesh is sending them back... READ MORE›
MYANMAR PARLIAMENT ELECTS FIRST CIVILIAN PRESIDENT IN DECADES
Htin Kyaw is a close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy NLD party swept to victory in historic elections in November... READ MORE›
ROHINGYA WHO FLED TO BANGLADESH RECOUNT RAPE, MURDER AT HANDS OF MYANMAR FORCES
While survivors and human rights groups have tracked waves of anti-Rohingya violence in recent weeks, the Myanmar government insists that stories like Begum's are exaggerations... READ MORE›
OPPOSITION PARTY PROJECTS VICTORY IN BURMAA??S FIRST DEMOCRATIC ELECTION IN YEARS
In Burma's last democratic election in 1990, Suu Kyi and the NLD won an overwhelming majority, but the country's military dictators ignored the results... READ MORE›
AUNG SAN SUU KYIA??S PARTY PREDICTS LANDSLIDE WIN IN BURMA ELECTIONS
Suu Kyi, 70, appeared at the NLD headquarters on Monday morning before cheering supporters, saying it was too early to congratulate winners... READ MORE›
WHY I'M WITH HER: EX-AMBASSADOR TO BURMA
After evidence of a small political opening in 2011, she made a landmark visit to Burma late that year... READ MORE›
CHINA AND MYANMAR FACE A NEW RELATIONSHIP
Even Myanmar's military-dominated government has not done China many favors... READ MORE›
MYANMAR GENERALS SET STAGE FOR AN EXIT
But the outcome appears to stem from the simple fact that veneration for Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi was underestimated and the ruling party's strength overestimated... READ MORE›
MYANMAR OPENS NEW PARLIAMENT SESSION AFTER MILITARY RULE
It is an assembly dominated by MPs from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy NLD, which won 80 percent of contested seats in November's poll... READ MORE›
COUNTRY THAT'S NOT NORTH KOREA AWARDS KIM JONG-UN A STATESMAN PRIZE
The North Korean dictator is to receive the award from the Bali-based Sukarno Centre... READ MORE›