Has the US lost Myanmar to China?
January 22 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
Chinese leader Xi Jinping just wrapped up a two-day visit to Myanmar from January 17-18, the first trip by a Chinese head of state sinc...
India worried as China-Myanmar deepen ties
January 21 ,2020
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By: Elizabeth Roche
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Myanmar President U Win Myint in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Jan. 17, 2020
China and...
Probe: Myanmar security forces likely committed war crimes
January 21 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
An independent commission established by Myanmar's government has concluded there are reasons to believe that security forces committed...
Xi voices firm support for Myanmar
January 20 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
China’s Xi Jinping doubled down on his support for fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday, signing dozens of infrastruct...
Myanmar, China Sign Dozens of Deals on BRI Projects, Coope...
January 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar and China signed a total of 33 memorandums of understanding (MOUs), agreements, exchange letters and protocols during Chinese P...
Japan and Myanmar’s Toxic Friendship
January 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
Myanmar offered the starving Japanese people affordable rice in the early 1950s, when Japan was struggling to recover from World War II...
Xi Jinping bolsters relationship with Myanmar, what does t...
January 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
Chinese president Xi Jinping is currently visiting Myanmar on a two-day tour.
Earlier today, he got a lavish welcome in Nay-Pyi-Daw, t...
Myanmar continues to deny Rohingya rights
January 17 ,2020
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By: Riyaz Khaliq
Myanmar continues to deny basic citizenship rights to persecuted Rohingya community, a rights group said on Thursday.
The Bangkok-base...
ICJ to rule on emergency measures in Myanmar genocide case
January 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations' highest court, will issue a decision on a request for emergency measures...
China's Xi visits Myanmar to drive home Belt and Road plan
January 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Report
China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Myanmar this week to nail down multi-billion-dollar infrastructure deals in a country abandoned...
Will Xi’s Myanmar visit boost Paukphaw ties?
January 15 ,2020
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By: Bi Shihong
President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Myanmar from January 17 to 18 at the invitation of Myanmar President Win Myint. The firs...
Six BRI projects in Myanmar to monitor during Chinese pres...
January 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese President Xi Jinping will land in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, on Friday looking to secure more agreements on key strateg...
Xi Jinping to visit Myanmar this week seeking to boost tie...
January 13 ,2020
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By: Shi Jiangtao
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Myanmar this week to boost ties and push investment projects, in a show of support for Aung San...
Ta’ang rights group blames Myanmar military for targeting...
January 11 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
More than 200 residents experienced human rights abuses in seven Ta’ang ethnic-majority townships in northern Shan State in 2019,...
Japanese company to supply radar systems for 3 Myanmar air...
January 10 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Japanese technology firm NEC Corporation has signed a contract with Myanmar’s Department of Civil Aviation for the supply of airc...
Mine blast kills 4 Rohingya children in Myanmar’s Rakhine...
January 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Four Rohingya children were killed and six others were injured in a mine explosion in Rakhine State’s Buthidaung Township on Tues...
Western Union 'cuts ties' with Myanmar military's bank
January 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A leading global money transfer service Western Union has stopped using a military-owned bank as one of its agents in Myanmar, rights g...
Gen. Aung San returns to Myanmar banknotes after 30-year a...
January 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A man shows his new banknotes in Yangon on Jan. 7
Myanmar has reintroduced the image of General Aung San on banknotes after an...
Myanmar's ex-president tells voters to protect race, relig...
January 8 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
U Thein Sein
Myanmar’s former president U Thein Sein has warned that the country is facing growing threats to territory,...
Xi’s Upcoming visit to Myanmar could reshape the IOR
January 6 ,2020
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By: Amara Thiha
Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President Xi Jinping
A decade after Xi Jinping’s first visi...
Three Myanmar cities win Asean Clean Tourist City awards
January 3 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Shan State’s Taunggyi, Kayah State’s Loikaw and Tanintharyi Region’s Dawei will receive the Asean Clean Tourist City...
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