The Burmese military junta persists with systematic rape and sexual violence towards women in areas peopled by the country’s ethnic groups, reveals a report by rights groups.
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Burma’s main opposition, the National League for Democracy today urged the military junta to immediately begin the process of national reconciliation in the country.
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Myanmar’s military rulers Tuesday denied the pro-democracy opposition from holding ceremonies marking 58 years since the assassination of the country’s independence leaders.
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When Myanmar’s junta banned foreign movies five months ago, film director Maung Myo Min saw an unexpected chance to urge the military’s censors to restore the nation’s lost genre of ghost films.
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Burma strengthened its troops in the border areas as a response to Bangladesh’s army Operation against the Arakanese insurgent groups in the border area of the two countries.
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July 18: Heroin users and prostitutes in Myanmar have spread HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, through large parts of Asia, according to a Council on Foreign Relations study released on Monday.
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Myanmar is seeking a price of US$2.50 per million British thermal unit for the natural gas it plans to sell to India, through a pipeline to Kolkata.
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Ever since Myanmar joined the 10-nation ASEAN in 1997, the military-ruled nation has been a thorn in the side of the regional bloc, but never more so than in the past year.
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Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Tuesday he hopes that military-ruled Myanmar will reveal next week whether or not it will take up the ASEAN chairmanship next year.
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Perched precariously on the edge of the muddy tidal river flat, with the hills of Myanmar in clear sight across the broad expanse of the Naf river, a group of more than 6,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar are living in extremely risky conditions in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar district in the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh.
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