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Fake Soldiers Arrested For Assaulting Residents In the Central Region

The two are in police custody and will be arraigned before court Two men who posed as soldiers are in the grips of the...

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Myanmar Army Clears Itself of Rohingya Atrocity Claims

Myanmar's army on Tuesday cleared itself of allegations that troops may have carried out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya...

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Two Fake Soldiers Arrested At Gomoa Ojobi For Assaulting Residents

Two suspects are in the grips of the Kasoa Divisional Police Command after assaulting and threatening residents in...

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Bill To Review Service Years In Army To Be Laid Before Parliament

The government is set to introduce a Bill in Parliament that will alter the number of years personnel can serve in the...

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‘Fake’ Soldiers Nabbed For Assault At Kasoa

Two young men who posed as military men and assaulted some residents of Gomoa Amonda, near Kasoa, in the Central Region...

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Myanmar Stunt Bikers Dazzle On Yangon’s Streets

Skidding and screeching across the concrete the young bikers perform a carefully choreographed dance of gravity-defying...

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We’ll Deploy Military If Necessary – Nitiwul

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has indicated that government will not hesitate to deploy the military to...

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Galamsey Fight: We’ll Deploy Military If Necessary

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has indicated that government will not hesitate to deploy the military to...

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Soldiers To Be Deployed To Combat Illegal Mining – Nitiwul

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul says government is likely to deploy military personnel in the coming days to...

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Minister Orders Probe Into Military Cemetery’s $6million Cost

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered an immediate investigation into the cost of a new Military...

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Myanmar Widow Jailed For Throwing Hot Water On Child Servant

A Myanmar widow who threw boiling water on a 14-year-old servant leaving her with horrific burns has been jailed for...

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Minister Orders Probe Into Military Cemetery’s $6m Cost

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has ordered an immediate investigation into the cost of a new Military...

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EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine

A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where...

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Myanmar Nationalists Sent To Jail Over US Embassy Protest

Four Myanmar nationalists were held on Friday for inciting violence during anti-Rohingya protests in Yangon last year,...

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Myanmar Army Chief Compares Rohingya Crackdown To Northern Ireland

Myanmar's army chief defended his military's violent crackdown on Rohingya Muslims by comparing it to Britain's...

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Japan Immigration Centre Detainees Go On Hunger Strike

Some 20 foreigners held at an immigration detention centre in Tokyo are on a rare hunger strike in an apparent bid for...

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Myanmar Police Make Arrests After Nationalist, Muslim Scuffle

Yangon police arrested several Buddhist nationalists Thursday for inciting violence after at least one man was left...

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Myanmar Police Fire Shots To Break Up Nationalist, Muslim Scuffles

Police in Myanmar fired warning shots to break up scuffles between Buddhist nationalists and Muslims in Myanmar's...

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Soldier Lashes Driver, Mate For Wrongful Parking At 37

A driver and his mate endured some painful strokes of a cane on Friday morning from a man in military uniform at 37 for...