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  China-Myanmar media forum held in Yangon

  World | May 22, 2019 7:41 IST

  It 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 IST

  Wa 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 | April 23, 2019 18:17 IST

  The 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 | March 16, 2019 9:14 IST

  Sources 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 | December 23, 2018 16:26 IST

  A 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 | December 13, 2018 13:09 IST

  Several 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 | November 09, 2018 20:05 IST

    Under 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 | November 05, 2018 19:35 IST

  In 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 | October 11, 2018 21:40 IST

    More 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 | October 05, 2018 17:13 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 | October 04, 2018 16:56 IST

  According 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 | October 01, 2018 12:13 IST

  According 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 | September 28, 2018 17:53 IST

  Hasina 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 | September 24, 2018 22:44 IST

  This 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 | September 17, 2018 11:09 IST

  The 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 | August 28, 2018 16:20 IST

  The 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 | August 27, 2018 14:28 IST

  The 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 | August 25, 2018 23:51 IST

  Protesters 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 | July 31, 2018 18:59 IST

  As 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 | July 25, 2018 9:30 IST

  Legal action will be taken against perpetrators of the fake news, the country’s presidential office has said.