New face at Myanmar’s at military-controlled border Affair...
July 29 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Major General Phone Myat, the outgoing chief of Myanmar military’s Western Command which oversees Rakhine State, has been appoint...
US and China engage in 'war of words' over Myanmar and Phi...
July 28 ,2020
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By: Yuichi Nitta
China-occupied Subi Reef, part of the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
The US and China have engaged in a dip...
For Myanmar's elections to be free and fair Rohingya must...
July 28 ,2020
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By: Matthew Smith
Americans won’t be the only voters going to the polls in November. Myanmar’s third national election since transitioning fr...
Myanmar troops clash with ethnic Shan armed group in Shan...
July 27 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
More than 200 residents have fled their village following a clash between Myanmar’s military (the Tatmadaw) and the Shan State Ar...
Fighting in a Rakhine township forces 3,000 people to flee...
July 26 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Fierce fighting raged between Tatmadaw (government troops) and Arakan Army (AA) forces from July 20 to July 23 in the evening in Minbya...
Myanmar approves Japanese plans for LNG power plant
July 25 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
An LNG processing facility. The Myanmar power plant would have an output of 1.25 megawatts
Myanmar's government on Friday gave wri...
Myanmar’s NLD unveils election candidate lineup with more...
July 24 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on Thursday unveiled its candidate list for the upcoming election. The lineup consists l...
Myanmar Muslims struggle to avoid another Muslim-free parl...
July 22 ,2020
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By: Kyaw Ye Lynn
Political parties in Myanmar have geared up for upcoming general elections with Nov. 8 set as the date for crucial polls which will be...
In Myanmar, even a CM is prone to military-controlled inte...
July 22 ,2020
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By: Zaw Zaw Htwe
Mandalay Region’s chief minister banished Special Branch (SB) officers from his Sunday press conference, showing even a senior me...
Malaysian court to hear bid to set aside caning for Rohing...
July 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A Malaysian court on Wednesday will hear a bid to set aside caning sentences handed down to 27 Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar, l...
Myanmar’s border trade reaches over 8.6 bln USD in first 1...
July 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s trade with foreign countries through border gates reached over 8.6 billion U.S. dollars as of July 10 in present fiscal...
‘Ugly face’: US and China trade barbs in Myanmar as South...
July 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
China's embassy in Myanmar on Sunday (Jul 19) accused the United States of “outrageously smearing” the country and driving...
Myanmar political parties discuss election code of conduct
July 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Over 50 political parties are mulling over the constituting of observation and supervision committee for the Electoral Code of Conduct...
Myanmar military chief affirms support for China’s BRI pro...
July 18 ,2020
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By: Nan Lwin
Myanmar military chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has assured China that the armed forces will continue to guarantee the implementa...
Myanmar: Shattered hopes for peace
July 16 ,2020
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By: Robert Bociaga
In Myanmar, the hopes of ethnic groups for a better future remain overshadowed by conflicts that have smoldered for decades. In the upc...
Rakhine woman files complaint accusing Myanmar military tr...
July 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A local woman in Rakhine State’s Rathedaung Township has filed a complaint with the Sittwe Township Police Station against three...
TIGER, PANGOLIN FARMING IN MYANMAR RISKS ‘BOOSTING CHINA D...
July 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar’s law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other enda...
Rohingya-based party urges Myanmar to allow Muslim minorit...
July 11 ,2020
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By: Kyaw Lwin Oo
A political party representing Myanmar’s persecuted ethnic Rohingya is pressing election authorities to allow members of the Musl...
Myanmar military kills civilians in indiscriminate attacks...
July 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Myanmar military has killed civilians, including children, in indiscriminate bombings in the nation’s Rakhine and Chin states...
UK imposes sanctions on Myanmar military chief, deputy for...
July 8 ,2020
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By: Nan Lwin
The British government on Monday imposed sanctions on the Myanmar military’s commander-in-chief and his deputy for alleged human...
NLD struggles to find candidates in Rakhine for Myanmar’s...
July 7 ,2020
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By: Htun Htun
The National League for Democracy (NLD) has difficulty finding candidates for the November general election in conflict-torn Rakhine St...
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