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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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Children Fuel Myanmar’s Economic Boom

Fourteen-year-old San Min Hteik had worked at the steel factory for less than a week when his hand got caught in a...

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Taxi-Hailing App Grab Hits the Road In Myanmar

Ride-hailing firm Grab launched a trial service in Yangon on Tuesday, becoming the first international company to enter...

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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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How About Nat? Devotees Dance For Myanmar Party Spirit

The medium spins around in a frenzy of red and gold while glugging from a bottle of whisky, part of an age old ritual...

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Myanmar Wizardry Flourishes

From spells to win back an errant lover to help communing with the spirits, Myanmar's mediums, soothsayers and wizards...

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More Than 60 Years of Tensions Between the Two Koreas

Tensions have remained high in the more than 60 years since North and South Korea fought a fierce war from 1950-53....

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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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ASEAN Mulling 2034 World Cup Bid

ASEAN on Friday held talks on launching a joint bid for the World Cup in 2034 during a visit by FIFA chief Gianni...

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Myanmar, From Asia’s Pride To Prolonged Football Slide

Shouts reverberate under the concrete overpass as barefoot players jostle for the ball, a sad echo of Myanmar's...

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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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North Korea’s State Killings

The Cold War-style assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, is the latest in...

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Malaysian Aid Ship For Rohingya Arrives In Bangladesh

A Malaysian ship carrying aid for thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled a bloody army crackdown in Myanmar docked...

International

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...

International

Amnesty Intl Spreads Fake News

Myanmar's treatment of its Muslim Rohingya minority threatens to undermine the region's security and stability,...

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President Obama Behind the Scenes

A collection of moments subtle and grand of the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama boards Air Force One...

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British Teacher Found Dead In Myanmar

He went out drinking in the city of Yangon said by his wife. In a statement seen by the BBC, his wife said he had been...