Rohingya genocide: Myanmar’s Facebook records case may be...
June 17 ,2020
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By: Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
Myanmar military commander-in-chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
The lawyers prosecuting Myanmar for the alleged geno...
Myanmar independence hero to appear on all banknotes
June 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar will introduce the image of independence hero General Aung San on banknotes of all denominations, according to the Central Bank...
Special flight bringing WHO laboratory equipment arrives i...
June 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A special flight bringing laboratory equipment donated by the World Health Organization-WHO, and medical experts who can give the exper...
Thai admiral: Navy patrols fail to find Rohingya boat
June 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
Thailand’s navy insisted Friday that its ships have not located a boat carrying hundreds of Rohingya refugees after Malaysia&rsqu...
Some Myanmar journalists work from shadows
June 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Hiding from Myanmar's police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led by Nobel Laureate A...
India postpones transfer of naval submarine to Myanmar
June 13 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Indian Navy (IN) has postponed the transfer of one of its refurbished ‘Kilo’-class diesel-electric attack submarines (S...
US court asked to force Facebook to release Myanmar offici...
June 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the army chief Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing
Lawyers bringing a case before the Wor...
Myanmar military returns to Facebook to provide ‘accurate’...
June 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar’s military or Tatmadaw has decided to use Facebook again, opening two accounts called “Tatmadaw True News Informati...
COVID-19 is just the latest setback in Myanmar’s troubled...
June 9 ,2020
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By: Michael Hart
In the early weeks of 2020, the signs pointed to progress in Myanmar’s convoluted effort to finally end 70 years of ethnic strife...
Malaysia seeks to deport 3,000 detained illegal immigrants...
June 9 ,2020
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By: Zaw Zaw Htwe
The Malaysian government wants to deport more than 3,000 people currently held in its immigration detention centers to Myanmar after hu...
Myanmar avoids helping Rohingya minority despite ICJ order...
June 8 ,2020
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By: Ralph Jennings
Myanmar has sidelined an international court order to improve conditions for its long-embattled Rohingya minority, despite fears that t...
Myanmar State Counsellor says volunteers needed to help wi...
June 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi told a video conference call on government officials that volunteers are needed to deal with...
Two ARSA fighters killed on Bangladesh border, claims Myan...
June 6 ,2020
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By: Htet Naing Zaw
Two alleged Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) fighters died in a clash with security forces on Thursday evening on the Bangladesh b...
Myanmar imports first two LNG cargoes from Malaysia's Petr...
June 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Southeast Asian country of Myanmar imported its first liquefied natural gas cargoes from Malaysia's Petronas LNG in May and June 20...
Myanmar’s meaningless unilateral ceasefires
June 1 ,2020
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By: Joe Kumbun
Ta’ang National Liberation Army soldiers stand near a Myanmar military truck after the fighting on 29 May
In Myanmar, unilat...
Myanmar govt buys 2,200 tonnes of rice as reserve
May 31 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Myanmar government has reserved about 2,200 tonnes of rice during this month, according to the press statement of the Myanmar Rice...
10 police, 3 others missing after AA attacks border outpos...
May 30 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Ten policemen and three civilians are missing after the Arakan Army (AA) overran the Thazin Myaing Border Guard Police outpost in Rakhi...
Pandemic adds new threat for Rohingyas in Myanmar
May 30 ,2020
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By: Param-Preet Singh and Nadia Hardman
This is what life is like for the 130,000 internally displaced Rohingyas trapped in detention camps in central Rakhine state in Myanmar...
Ta’ang army attacks Myanmar military convoy in Shan state
May 30 ,2020
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By: Lae Lae
Within hours after the Arakan Army (AA) launched attacks on a border guard police outpost in Rakhine State early Friday morning, its al...
Myanmar parliament slashes military’s budget request for f...
May 29 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
For the first time under the current government, the Union Parliament has declined to approve in full an additional budget request by t...
Myanmar’s integrity test in ICJ
May 22 ,2020
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By: Phelim Kine
The clock is ticking down to a May 23 deadline for Myanmar’s government to provide demonstrable evidence that it has taken substa...
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