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  • China Cautious On Myanmar Coup As Generals Lock Up Suu Kyi, Cut Communications
    Myanmar coup
    Unhappy Myanmar military plays “fraud” card after it was thumped in November elections.
  • Beijing Curbs Gambling Destination Tourism in Fresh Crackdown
    Gambling
    The destinations were not made public, but analysts said the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia and Vietnam were targeted.
  • Multibillion-Dollar Corporates Turn Blind Eye To Oil-Palm Labor Abuses, Exclusive Expose Alleges
    Malaysia's Palm Oil
    Companies from the West invest directly but are increasingly using third parties to cover up their involvement.
  • Why Aung San Suu Kyi is in The Hague defending Myanmar against allegations of genocide
    Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi
    In what is likely to be a remarkable moment for international justice, Aung San Suu Kyi, the political leader of Myanmar and a Nobel peace prize winner, will be in The Hague this week to lead her country’s defence against allegations of genocide.
  • Four-Day Myanmar-China Trade Fair To Kickoff In Lashio This Week
    Myanmar-China Border Trade Fair
    The four-day 2019 China-Myanmar Trade Fair will be held in the city of Lashio, starting on November 21 and ending on November 24.
  • South Korean Business Leaders Invest In Reclusive Myanmar
    South Korean Firms Zeroing In On Asia's Last Frontier
    After opening up to foreign investors less than a decade ago, Myanmar’s economic potential and geographical attractiveness help cinch deals.
  • How Do Buddhist Countries Celebrate Songkran?
    In Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos, people enjoy the festivity with water fights.
    In Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos, people enjoy the festivity with water fights.
  • Myanmar And The Elephant Project Sign Agreement To Protect Elephants
    A newborn Asian elephant stands next to her mother Aye Chan May at Pairi Daiza wildlife park, a zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette.
    The Myanmar government and The Elephant Project signed an agreement that aimed to relocate elephants into a safer place.
  • Kyin San Kyawt Reopens for Fruit Exchange
    Fruit Stand
    The China-Myanmar border gate, Kyin San Kyawt, has been reopened to cater to traders this fruit season. The gate was closed late December and its temporary reopening is a silver lining to traders who incurred huge losses for the past two weeks.
  • UN Accuses Myanmar Generals of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya People
    Genocide
    Six top generals of the "Tatmadaw" or the Armed Forces of Myanmar led by its commanding officer, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, must be prosecuted for the genocide of the Muslim Rohinya people, demanded the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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