China and friends surround India: Your move, New Delhi
September 21 ,2020
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By: Nian Peng
Chinese President Xi Jinping with Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi
The recent visit of China’s top diploma...
Myanmar minorities slam biased campaign ahead of polls
September 21 ,2020
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By: Kyaw Ye Lynn
Coronavirus fatalities in Myanmar continue to rise steadily, reaching 75 as of Saturday after dozens of patients have died in recent we...
The problem with the Myanmar Army’s admissions of guilt
September 18 ,2020
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By: Maggi Quadrini
For decades, Myanmar’s military has used brutal tactics, including intimidation, harassment, torture and murder, to suppress and...
Scientists find world's oldest sperm in Myanmar amber
September 18 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A team of paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a tiny crustacean in a bl...
Myanmar army probes 'wider patterns' of abuse against Rohi...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
The Myanmar military has said it is investigating "possible wider patterns of violations" before and during a 2017 crackdown in Rakhine...
Myanmar races to build field hospital as coronavirus surge...
September 17 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar authorities are racing to build a field hospital in the commercial capital of Yangon to cope with a surge of coronavirus infect...
Powerful armed ethnic group launches its own military acad...
September 16 ,2020
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By: Htet Naing Zaw
UWSA chair Bao Youxiang at the 30th anniversary of the founding of the group
The most powerful ethnic armed group in Myanmar has e...
Myanmar troops at border: Bangladesh prepared for any situ...
September 16 ,2020
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By: Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan
Against the backdrop of continued deployment of troops by Myanmar near the border, Bangladesh is fully aware and prepared to face any s...
‘Attacks on civilians continue in Myanmar’s Rakhine'
September 16 ,2020
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By: Peter Kenny
A top UN official on Monday said the attacks on civilians continue in Myanmar’s Rakhine province even three years after the milit...
Myanmar casualties may represent war crimes: UN's Bachelet
September 15 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that three years after a Rohingya exodus “no concrete measures” on accountabilit...
Myanmar genocide criminal case should now be ironclad
September 14 ,2020
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By: Dr. Azeem Ibrahim
The recent confessions by military personnel involved in operations against the Rohingya in Myanmar reveal clear “genocidal inten...
How Myanmar army runs a global business empire to finance...
September 13 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The military in Myanmar has a finger in every pie. And that includes the government. The military has the power to veto major political...
3 years after exodus, Myanmar erases names of Rohingya vil...
September 12 ,2020
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By: Poppy McPherson
Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last yea...
EP removes Aung San Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community
September 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The European Parliament has removed Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the "Sakharov Prize community" because of her "acce...
Myanmar polls likely to be subdued, with Suu Kyi win expec...
September 10 ,2020
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi raising the flag at for the National League for Democracy party to mark the first day of ca...
Once foot soldiers in Myanmar's army, now potential witnes...
September 9 ,2020
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By: Nahlah Ayed
Two men believed to be deserters from Myanmar's army are in the custody of the International Criminal Court at The Hague after reportin...
Myanmar election: A fractured process
September 8 ,2020
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By: J J Rose
Workers pack T-shirts promoting Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party at a printhouse in Yangon, 2 September...
Myanmar military deliberately spreading COVID-19 in Rakhin...
September 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Arakan Army chief Tun Myat Naing
The leader of a Rakhine ethnic armed group has accused the Myanmar government and army of &ldquo...
Why China wants Suu Kyi to win Myanmar’s polls
September 6 ,2020
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By: Bertil Lintner
As Myanmar enters an election season, the economy, Covid-19 and issues of war and peace are expected to dominate the campaign trail dis...
Facebook must walk the talk on Myanmar
September 6 ,2020
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By: Priya Pillai
Last month, Facebook moved to block a bid by The Gambia in a US court, in which it sought disclosure of posts and communications by mem...
Myanmar military suggests election commission not hold ele...
September 6 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar military, also known as Tatmadaw, has suggested the Union Election Commission (UEC) not hold general elections in five township...
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