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No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread...

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Suu Kyi Denies Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Minority

Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority, speaking to the BBC after the UN rights...

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Mixed Bag For Suu Kyi’s Party As Myanmar Ballots Counted

Aung San Suu Kyi's one-year-old government retained most of its seats in Myanmar by-elections Sunday but braced for...

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Suu Kyi’s New Govt Faces First Test At Myanmar Polls

Aung San Suu Kyi's government will face its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar...

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends First Year In Power

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi defended her civilian government's first year in power in a rare public address on Thursday,...

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What Do Myanmar’s People Think of Suu Kyi?

One year after Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party was sworn in as Myanmar's first elected...

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Myanmar Stumbles On Path To Democracy Under Aung San Suu Kyi

For decades Myanmar's people dreamed of democracy, but a year into office Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government is...

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UN To ‘urgently’ Send Rights Probe To Myanmar

The UN rights council agreed Friday to "urgently" launch an investigation into violations against Myanmar's Rohingya...

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Myanmar Mother Sues Son For Calling Her A ‘prostitute’

A Myanmar woman is suing her own son for calling her a "prostitute" on Facebook, the latest case under a controversial...

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Bridge Name Makes Troubled Waters For Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

Thousands of people protested in eastern Myanmar on Sunday against plans to name a bridge after Aung San Suu Kyi's...

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Four In Court Over Murder of Top Myanmar Lawyer

Four men accused of plotting the murder of a prominent Myanmar lawyer and adviser to de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi...

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Myanmar May Be Trying To ‘expel’ All Rohingya

Myanmar may be seeking to "expel" all ethnic Rohingya from its territory, a UN rights expert said Monday, pushing for a...

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Hate Speech Myanmar Monk Banned From Sermons By Buddhist Council

A Myanmar monk infamous for his bilious anti-Muslim tirades has been banned from giving sermons for a year by the...

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Clashes Empty Out Myanmar Town On China Border

Civilians abandoned a battle-scared town along Myanmar's border with China on Wednesday, saying they feared an imminent...

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Breaks Silence On Killing of Top Lawyer

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has broken a month long silence on the daylight assassination of her...

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Myanmar Sisters Scarred By Abuse

Khin Khin Tun's back is a patchwork of burns, searing memories she says from when her former employer poured two flasks...

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Leading Lawyer Ko Ni Assassinated At Yangon Airport

A leading lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party has been shot dead at...