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Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup
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Minorities in Myanmar borderlands face fresh fear since coup

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally…
Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram as protests expand
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Myanmar junta shuts Twitter and Instagram as protests expand

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The military authorities in charge of Myanmar broadened a ban on social media following this week’s…
Myanmar resistance to coup builds despite army’s pressures
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Myanmar resistance to coup builds despite army’s pressures

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Nonviolent resistance to Myanmar’s military coup gathered steam Friday, with public protests extending to several regions,…
Welcome wears thin for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
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Welcome wears thin for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

When hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled Myanmar into Bangladesh two years ago, local communities were mostly welcoming. Today that…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends jailing of two Reuters journalists
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defends jailing of two Reuters journalists

  HANOI (Reuters) – Myanmar government leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists…
Myanmar elects Win Myint as new president
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Myanmar elects Win Myint as new president

Myanmar’s parliament has elected an ally of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi as president. Htin Kyaw abruptly resigned…
Two killed, 11 injured, by bomb in Myanmar city of Lashio: police
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Two killed, 11 injured, by bomb in Myanmar city of Lashio: police

A bomb explosion on Wednesday in Myanmar’s northeastern city of Lashio killed two bank workers and injured 11 people, the…
US says Myanmar makes life for Rohingya ‘a death sentence’
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US says Myanmar makes life for Rohingya ‘a death sentence’

US Ambassador Nikki Haley denounced Myanmar’s government Tuesday for continuing to make life for Rohingya Muslims “a death sentence,” citing…
Rohingya Muslim refugee return to Myanmar delayed
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Rohingya Muslim refugee return to Myanmar delayed

The gradual repatriation of more than 650,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees back to Myanmar from Bangladesh, scheduled to begin Tuesday, has…
Myanmar police kill several in Rakhine Buddhist riot
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Myanmar police kill several in Rakhine Buddhist riot

At least seven people have died after police in Myanmar opened fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. Authorities…
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