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- Military Hospitals Host Blood Drives to Mark Fugitive Monk’s Birthday
- Villager Dies in Military Custody in N. Rakhine
- Yangon Hotel Expo 2019 to Stress City’s History While Looking to Future
- Govt Has Duty to Solve This: Kayah Farmers
- Australian Developer Proposes $38 billion Project in Sittwe
- Press Council Requests Role in Case Against Journalists
- A Missing Middleman in the Peace Process
- Southeast Asia Urged to Improve Women’s Rights to Stop China Bride Trafficking
- Bangladesh Police Kill Three Suspected Rohingya Traffickers, Rescue 15 Refugees
- Trump-Xi Meet, Iran Tension to Overshadow G20 Summit in Japan
| Military Hospitals Host Blood Drives to Mark Fugitive Monk’s Birthday Posted: 26 Jun 2019 06:46 AM PDT  Supporters participate in events in Yangon, Mandalay as firebrand nationalist, who is wanted for sedition, turns 51. |
| Villager Dies in Military Custody in N. Rakhine Posted: 26 Jun 2019 06:38 AM PDT  Bricklayer, 23, was detained on his way home from work on June 21. Military says autopsy results pending; family says body showed signs of a beating. |
| Yangon Hotel Expo 2019 to Stress City’s History While Looking to Future Posted: 26 Jun 2019 06:19 AM PDT  Event aims to promote attractions and facilities that will encourage travelers visiting Myanmar to spend more time in the commercial capital. |
| Govt Has Duty to Solve This: Kayah Farmers Posted: 26 Jun 2019 05:41 AM PDT  Despite a township government ban, Kayah State farmers held a press conference Wednesday appealing to the Union government for help solving land disputes with the army. |
| Australian Developer Proposes $38 billion Project in Sittwe Posted: 26 Jun 2019 04:54 AM PDT  Lawmakers from conflict-torn Rakhine State meet Gold Coast KPMG executives to discuss proposal, which includes housing, hotels, factories and a jetty on 7,000 acres. |
| Press Council Requests Role in Case Against Journalists Posted: 26 Jun 2019 04:20 AM PDT  The military sued three reporters covering a Loikaw protest for privacy law violations. The Myanmar Press Council says those charges should be filed under the Media Law. |
| A Missing Middleman in the Peace Process Posted: 26 Jun 2019 03:26 AM PDT  The government's Peace Commission needs to be reformed and given the capacity to act as middleman in order to get the peace process back on track. |
| Southeast Asia Urged to Improve Women’s Rights to Stop China Bride Trafficking Posted: 25 Jun 2019 10:23 PM PDT  More than 1,100 foreign women from Southeast Asian nations were rescued in China in a six-month operation that ended last year, Chinese police said last week. |
| Bangladesh Police Kill Three Suspected Rohingya Traffickers, Rescue 15 Refugees Posted: 25 Jun 2019 10:21 PM PDT  The smugglers themselves were Rohingya known to be human traffickers living in the area in Bangladesh since before the 2017 attacks. |
| Trump-Xi Meet, Iran Tension to Overshadow G20 Summit in Japan Posted: 25 Jun 2019 09:55 PM PDT  Japan PM Abe wants summit to focus on reforming the World Trade Organization, empowering women and reducing plastic in oceans but Trump-Xi talks will likely steal the show. |
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