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Designers Put Ethical Twist On Local Fashion
With Myanmar emerging as a manufacturing hub for mass-produced clothes, a crop of young designers are using home-grown...
Rohingya Man Killed In Myanmar Buddhist Mob Attack
A Rohingya Muslim was stoned to death and six others wounded by a mob of Buddhists in the capital of Myanmar's Rakhine...
Suu Kyi, Trudeau Talk Federalism For Myanmar
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Wednesday to learn about...
Suu Kyi To Consult Trudeau On Constitutional Reform
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to Canada next week to consult with Prime Minister Justin...
Suu Kyi To Consult Trudeau On Constitutional Reform
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to Canada next week to consult with Prime Minister Justin...
Ex-Panama Military Ruler Manuel Noriega Dies At 83
General Manuel Antonio Noriega, former military leader of Panama, has died aged 83, officials have announced. Noriega...
Vatican and Myanmar Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties
The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian...
Suu Kyi Rejects UN Myanmar Probe
Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by...
Aung San Suu Kyi: 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...
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...
Trump Hosts Merkel After Snowstorm Delay
President Donald Trump hosts Germany's Angela Merkel at the White House Friday, a meeting delayed by a snowstorm and...
Halfway Into 2017’s Oil Supply Cut, Asia Remains Awash With Fuel
Halfway into an OPEC-led oil supply cut, Asia remains awash with fuel in a sign that the group's efforts to rein in a...
Myanmar Must Allow Rohingya To Leave Camps
Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly...
S. Korea’s Longtime ‘princess’ Dethroned In Disgrace
The corridors of power have been home to South Korea's Park Geun-Hye as a child, de facto first lady, and president....
China Calls For Ceasefire As Thousands Flee Myanmar Border Town
Thousands were fleeing a Myanmar town bordering China on Tuesday after at least 30 people were killed in fighting...
UN Envoy Decries Violence Against Rohingya In Myanmar
Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats...
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...
Iran Leader Rejects Reconciliation With Anti-Regime ‘minority’
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected the possibility of reconciliation with a "minority"...
Myanmar To Execute Rohingya Man For Raid On Police Post
Myanmar authorities have sentenced a Rohingya man to death for leading raids on police border posts that sparked a...