Japan's Myanmar expats remit restaurant profits to defy mi...
January 31 ,2022
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By: Yuji kuronuma
The Spring Revolution Restaurant in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district draws crowds of Myanmar people and Japanese alike. (Photo by Ken Kobay...
Myanmar’s Arakan rebels cement control over Rakhine state...
January 31 ,2022
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By: Kyaw Hsan Hlaing
A Myanmar soldier stands guard near an airfield in Rakhine state in 2018. Photo: AFP
At the one-year mark of the Myanmar ...
Myanmar's isolation from West opens door for China and Rus...
January 29 ,2022
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By: Koya Jibiki
Myanmar military officials attend a commissioning ceremony of a submarine gifted by China in December. (Photo courtesy of Myanmar's&n...
Myanmar’s generals have united the country-against themsel...
January 29 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Zn Htet aung had always loathed the Rohingyas, a Muslim ethnic group from Rakhine, a state in western Myanmar. When the Burmese ar...
Myanmar junta in toys-for-the-boys weaponry splurge
January 28 ,2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Myanmar soldiers march in formation in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win
CHIANG MAI – Submarines would seemingly be th...
Myanmar’s military dictatorship is heading towards a natio...
January 27 ,2022
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By: Soe Nandar Linn, Yangon
Yangon: The country’s administration and economy have been paralysed since February 2021 when the military junta seized power fro...
Myanmar military won't dissolve Suu Kyi's NLD party: offic...
January 27 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Aung San Suu Kyi, seen here attending the 2019 ASEAN summit, is among the key officials of the National League for Democracy who...
World Bank expects Myanmar growth of 1%, economy 'critical...
January 27 ,2022
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By: Tan Hui Yee
This comes on the back of an estimated 18 per cent contraction in the previous year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the mi...
Myanmar tumbles into the abyss
January 26 ,2022
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By: Nicholas Farrelly
The most distressing exception to that general pattern — the continued waves of violence that pushed more than a million Rohingya...
Malaysia to Hun Sen: Myanmar regime still not welcome at A...
January 26 ,2022
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By: P Prem Kumar
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, left, and Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen spoke by video conference on Jan. 25. (Source p...
Three arrested at Myanmar media outlet released: employer
January 26 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar junta authorities have released three local media workers arrested in nighttime raids last week, their employer said on Tuesday...
What does the future hold for Myanmar, one year after the...
January 24 ,2022
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By: Tan Hui Yee
Mr Aik Min sits in the remains of his house that was destroyed after clashes between the Myanmar military and Ta’ang National L...
Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to death
January 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Demonstrators carry flags and display the three-finger salute during a protest against Myanmar's army ruler on 3 July, 2021.Reuters f...
Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar
January 22 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corp, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, have decided to withdraw from the country. &nb...
Myanmar renews plans to curb internet usage with VPN ban
Myanmar's proposed cybersecurity law stipulates imprisonment of up to three years for use of a VPN. (Source photo by R...
What is Iran’s revolutionary guard doing in Myanmar?
January 21 ,2022
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By: David Hutt
Iran's Revolutionary Guard in formation in a file photo. Image: Getty via AFP
Iranian planes landing in Myanmar have raised specul...
European resolution offers no solution for people of Myanm...
January 20 ,2022
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By: Yinglao Noanvo and Radka Antalikova
Children and elders displaced by fighting between government troops and ethnic rebels in their area wait for food distribution from a...
Arakan Army commander says military junta could explode ‘l...
January 20 ,2022
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By: Bertil Lintner
Twan Mrat Naing, commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army, attends a meeting of leaders of Myanmar's ethnic armed groups at the United W...
Myanmar's pro-democracy forces resist with cryptocurrency
January 17 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The NUG is letting citizens use Tether because its greater use could weaken the power of the military. (Source photo by Reuters and&n...
Hearings on rohingya genocide case set for february at wor...
January 17 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Dakar/The Hague: Representatives of Myanmar’s junta are expected to challenge the jurisdiction of the World Court to h...
Malaysia says Hun Sen's Myanmar visit did no good
January 15 ,2022
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By: P Prem Kumar
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left, with Myanmar State Administration Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw on...
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