Myanmar’s military chief urges personnel to vote for ‘corr...
August 25 ,2020
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By: San Yamin Aung
Myanmar’s military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, has cautioned his personnel against voting for the wrong candidates in...
India could look at issuing bonds to plug shortfall in def...
August 25 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of India could issue bonds to meet any shortfall in resources for the defence budget,...
Rohingya Muslims in Pakistan decry global silence
August 24 ,2020
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By: Aamir Latif
As the world prepares to observe the third anniversary of a brutal military crackdown against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, hundreds of t...
'Facebook had role in 2017 Myanmar violence'
August 24 ,2020
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By: SM Najmus Sakib
Facebook played a role in violence in Myanmar that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas to flee their homes to Bangladesh, rights...
UEC yet to confirm PACE monitoring of the 2020 general ele...
August 23 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The Executive Director Sai Ye Kyaw Swar Myint of the People’s Alliance for Credible Elections (PACE) said that Union Election Com...
Myanmar's latest peace talks expose Suu Kyi rift with mili...
August 22 ,2020
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By: Cape Diamond
Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, left, speaks with Aung San Suu Kyi. © Reuters
Government officials, mil...
Rise of the Rohingya: How refugees can survive the genocid...
August 21 ,2020
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By: Daniel P. Sullivan and Tun Khin
From the coronavirus to cyclones, few have faced the litany of scourges confronting the Rohingya people today. While we must assist the...
5 Muslim candidates rejected from Myanmar’s election
August 19 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Five Muslim candidates, including four Rohingyas, in Rakhine State, have been rejected by the state election sub-commission to run in t...
Russian deputy defense minister, Myanmar chief of General...
August 18 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin met with visiting Chief of the General Staff of Myanmar’s Armed Forces General My...
Thai king commutes Myanmar men's death sentence over Brito...
August 16 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Zaw Lin (centre) and Win Zaw Tun (right) had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty...
Over 7,000 apply to run in Myanmar’s November election
August 15 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A total of 7,005 people across the country have applied to run in Myanmar’s November election, an increase of over 800 applicants...
Police captain shot dead as targeted attacks continue in W...
August 14 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
The head of Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township Police Station, Police Captain Tun Naing Oo, was shot and killed in front of his po...
Myanmar bars Rohingya candidate from contesting election
August 13 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
A Rohingya Muslim has been barred from standing in Myanmar's upcoming election, in a decision decried by rights groups as discriminator...
Myanmar army chief urges govt to call NDSC meeting
August 12 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said the government should call a meeting of the long-adjourned National Defense and...
China’s strategic port project moves step closer to realit...
August 11 ,2020
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By: Nan Lwin
The Myanmar government’s investment agency last week approved the registration of a joint venture between a Chinese company and a...
India-Myanmar border on high alert after ambush by separat...
August 10 ,2020
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By: Rajeev Bhattacharyya
Indian security forces have been put on high alert along the country’s border with Myanmar following another ambush by separatist...
Myanmar stadiums to transfer into polling stations
August 9 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Union Election Commission (UEC) member Myint Naing said that the commission has arranged to transform stadiums to polling stations for...
Facebook rejects request to release Myanmar officials’ dat...
August 7 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Facebook has objected to a request from Gambia, which has accused Myanmar at the World Court of genocide against the Rohingya Muslim mi...
Japanese retailer Aeon to invest $180m in first Myanmar ma...
August 6 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Designs for the first Aeon Mall in Yangon, Myanmar, construction on which is due to begin in2021.
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Aung San Suu Kyi confirms contesting for second term
August 5 ,2020
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday formally declared her intention to seek a second term in an election in November that is see...
Police, military troops killed in fighting with Arakan Arm...
August 5 ,2020
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By: Htet Naing Zaw
Myanmar military officials, soldiers and other personnel were killed in clashes with the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Rakhine State&rsq...
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