Hundreds of National League for Democracy party members, supporters and about a dozen foreign diplomats gathered at the NLD headquarters to commemorate Martyrs’ Day on Wednesday under the watchful eye of plainclothes police and other security officials.
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Myanmar’s military junta barred pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from honoring her father Wednesday at annual ceremonies paying tribute to him and other slain independence leaders.
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Indian separatist rebels on Wednesday fired rockets and mortar shells at a military base in northeastern India from neighboring Myanmar, and set off a roadside bomb that wounded one soldier, the army said.
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KNU has ordered its troops to report possible contacts of Saw Timothy and Dr. Simon Tha on ceasefire negotiations with SPDC.
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Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic cooperation (BIMSTEC), an economic bloc consisting seven South and Southeast Asian countries, is resuming trade negotiations next week in order to finalize the bloc’s free trade agreement (FTA) and propose a new date for its enforcement.
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Due to a severe outbreak of dengue fever this raining season, hospitals within Rangoon Division are filled with ill children and there were some fatalities.
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Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo will visit Myanmar next month, but it was uncertain whether he could meet with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official said Wednesday.
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Conservative British member of parliament Andrew Mitchell urged Bangladesh on Tuesday to help improve living conditions for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazaar.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will next week make another attempt to push Burma towards democracy and national reconciliation.
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Bangkok – Under perceived threats from the US, Myanmar and North Korea are strengthening their strategic ties in a military-to-military exchange that includes weapons sales, technology transfer and underground tunneling expertise.
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