Myanmar
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China-Myanmar media forum held in Yangon
World | May 22, 2019, 07:41 AM ISTIt is pleased to witness the bilateral friendship becomes deeper and media persons from both countries should be praised for their efforts for being a bridge between two countries.
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Jailed Reuters journalists freed in Myanmar
World | May 07, 2019, 11:47 AM ISTWa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were found guilty in September 2018 of violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act over their reporting of the massacre in the village of Inn Dinn in Rakhine state. They were sentenced to seven years in prison.
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50 killed in mudslide at gemstone mine in Myanmar
World | Apr 23, 2019, 06:17 PM ISTThe accident occurred Monday in the Hpakant area of Kachin state. Such accidents are not rare, and usually occur when mountainous piles of mining scraps slide down on people scavenging pieces of jade.
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Terror camps on India-Myanmar border destroyed
India | Mar 16, 2019, 09:14 AM ISTSources said the camps were destroyed inside Myanmar with active support of the Indian Army in an intense operation lasting over 10 days.
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Indian military delegation in Myanmar to boost trust, cooperation
India | Dec 23, 2018, 04:26 PM ISTA group of 120 defence personnel from Myanmar are also visiting India as part of the exchange programme mooted by Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat, army officials said.
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Myanmar to grant visa-on-arrival for Indian tourists
World | Dec 13, 2018, 01:09 PM ISTSeveral agreements are expected to be signed during the President's visit which comes amid China's foray into the southeast Asian country with which it has signed a mega port deal.
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China to build port in Myanmar, third in India's neighbourhood
World | Nov 09, 2018, 08:05 PM ISTUnder China's Belt and Road project, the deal between Beijing and Nay Pyi Taw was signed on Thursday after years of stalled talks over the financing of the project.
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Travel Myanmar: Yangon should be your first travel destination in 2019
Travel | Nov 05, 2018, 07:35 PM ISTIn 2019, Myanmar plans to hold an ethnic culture and tourism festival in January to promote tribal groups.
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Rohingya family makes rare return to Myanmar from Bangladesh
World | Oct 11, 2018, 09:40 PM ISTMore than 720,000 of Myanmar's stateless Muslim minority fled a brutal military crackdown in August last year, taking shelter in crowded camps in Bangladesh. There they recounted tales of rape, murder and arson as villages in Rakhine state were burned to the ground.
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UN blasts India's deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar
World | Oct 05, 2018, 05:13 PM IST"UNHCR regrets that the agency did not receive a response to this request and was unable to secure access for a lawyer from a state legal service," agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic told reporters in Geneva.
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India deports 7 Rohingya immigrants to Myanmar after SC's go ahead
India | Oct 04, 2018, 04:56 PM ISTAccording to officials, these Rohingya immigrants were staying in Assam illegally.
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There must be accountability for gross violations, abuses committed in Rakhine State : UN Chief
World | Oct 01, 2018, 12:13 PM ISTAccording to the UN estimates, nearly 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state since August 25 last year when the army launched a military crackdown.
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B'desh PM slams Myanmar for failing to take back Rohingya refugees
World | Sep 28, 2018, 05:53 PM ISTHasina said Myanmar had given a verbal commitment to take back Rohingya Muslims who have fled a military crackdown she described as "tantamount to genocide and crimes against humanity".
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UN has no right to interfere in Myanmar: Army chief
World | Sep 24, 2018, 10:44 PM ISTThis is his first reaction after the experts recommended that the military chief and other senior officers of the Myanmar Army be investigated over the rapes and killings of Rohingyas in Rakhine state, reports Efe news.
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BIMSTEC nations' military 'MILEX-2018' exercise concludes
World | Sep 17, 2018, 11:09 AM ISTThe BIMSTEC armies, showcased tactical drills like hostage rescue by insertion of troops from helicopters, room intervention as well as house clearing drills.
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Rohingya crisis: China calls for political solution to resolve issue, says unilateral accusations won't work
World | Aug 28, 2018, 04:20 PM ISTThe reaction from the Chinese foreign ministry comes a day after the UN investigators demanded prosecution of Myanmar's top military leaders including the army chief for genocide against the persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
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Myanmar generals must be prosecuted for genocide: UN report
World | Aug 27, 2018, 02:28 PM ISTThe report -- based on hundreds of interviews, research and analysis by a UN-mandated fact-finding mission -- is the strongest condemnation by the UN of the Myanmar military's actions following the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last August.
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Rohingya refugees hold protest on eve of Myanmar crackdown anniversary, demand justice against ethnic cleansing
World | Aug 25, 2018, 11:51 PM ISTProtesters in the world's largest Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh rallied for justice and brandished a banner proclaiming: "Never Again".
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10 killed, 100,000 displaced in Myanmar floods
World | Jul 31, 2018, 06:59 PM ISTAs of Tuesday, some 119,000 people across five provinces had been displaced by rising waters, with Magway region particularly hard hit, with more than 70,000 affected, CNN quoted Min Thein, Director of the Disaster Management Agency, as saying.
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Myanmar denies demonetisation rumours
World | Jul 25, 2018, 09:30 AM ISTLegal action will be taken against perpetrators of the fake news, the country’s presidential office has said.