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- It Takes Two to Tango
- Myanmar ‘Has No Fourth Estate’, Mandalay Chief Minister Says of Media’s Role
- Do Myanmar’s Generals-Turned-Politicians Have a Plan B for the Presidency?
- Parliamentary Debate on Myanmar Constitutional Reform Gears Up
- Myanmar Military Helicopters Attack Rebels in Northern Rakhine: AA, Locals
- Myanmar Military Says It Will Hold Peace Talks With Ethnic Armies in Shan State
- Rebels Detain 8 Alleged Myanmar Military Troops in Shan State
- Student Film Festival Leaves Myanmar Audiences Wowed
- No Rohingya Return to Myanmar on Dhaka’s Official Repatriation Date
- When Myanmar’s Women Were Given a Seat at the Table
- Cambodia Says EU Rice Tariffs Hurting Farmers
- Canadian Consulate Suspends Travel to China for Hong Kong Staff
- As Students Map the Weather, an Indian Village Bests Its Water Woes
| Posted: 23 Aug 2019 08:26 AM PDT  While Myanmar has undertaken necessary preparations for the safe return of its displaced in Bangladesh, Bangladesh has failed to do the same, argues a guest contributor. |
| Myanmar ‘Has No Fourth Estate’, Mandalay Chief Minister Says of Media’s Role Posted: 23 Aug 2019 08:13 AM PDT  Demonstrating a shaky grasp of the law, U Zaw Myint Maung insists the press is wrong to claim it plays a key role in Myanmar's democracy. |
| Do Myanmar’s Generals-Turned-Politicians Have a Plan B for the Presidency? Posted: 23 Aug 2019 07:37 AM PDT  In 2015 the NLD derailed ex-junta chief Sen-Gen Than Shwe's master plan; there is little to suggest the military's allies could win the 2020 vote legitimately. |
| Parliamentary Debate on Myanmar Constitutional Reform Gears Up Posted: 23 Aug 2019 07:16 AM PDT  Military-appointed and USDP lawmakers renewed their opposition to the Charter Amendment Committee, a means of amending Myanmar's Constitution created by the NLD. |
| Myanmar Military Helicopters Attack Rebels in Northern Rakhine: AA, Locals Posted: 23 Aug 2019 05:53 AM PDT  Local residents, lawmaker report heavy, daylong clashes in Minbya Township; witnesses say helicopters strafe and bomb mountains, forests in Minbya, Mrauk-U. |
| Myanmar Military Says It Will Hold Peace Talks With Ethnic Armies in Shan State Posted: 23 Aug 2019 05:35 AM PDT  Talks to be held in Kengtung; spokesman declines to name the ethnic groups involved; announcement follows Chinese ambassador's expression of support for peace process. |
| Rebels Detain 8 Alleged Myanmar Military Troops in Shan State Posted: 23 Aug 2019 05:01 AM PDT  TNLA officials say the eight were dressed as civilians and traveling without weapons in Shan State. The military says it has no report of missing or detained soldiers. |
| Student Film Festival Leaves Myanmar Audiences Wowed Posted: 23 Aug 2019 01:45 AM PDT  In just its 2nd year, the University Students Film Festival has become an important incubator of young filmmaking talent; 10 shorts competed for the top prize this year. |
| No Rohingya Return to Myanmar on Dhaka’s Official Repatriation Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019 12:55 AM PDT  The Bangladesh government earlier told Myanmar that nearly 3,500 refugees would return to Maungdaw on Thursday, but none arrived. |
| When Myanmar’s Women Were Given a Seat at the Table Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:46 PM PDT  The list of attendees to the Burma Roundtable Conference on Myanmar's partition from British India was entirely male, until a mass of women in Yangon demanded otherwise. |
| Cambodia Says EU Rice Tariffs Hurting Farmers Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:45 PM PDT  Half a million farmers have been hurt by sharp declines in exports, Cambodia said, after the EU imposed tariffs on the Southeast Asian nation over human rights concerns. |
| Canadian Consulate Suspends Travel to China for Hong Kong Staff Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:34 PM PDT  The decision, which the consulate is not elaborating on, comes days after a British Consulate employee went missing while visiting Shenzhen, in mainland China. |
| As Students Map the Weather, an Indian Village Bests Its Water Woes Posted: 22 Aug 2019 09:20 PM PDT  An educational weather station at a village school in southern India is teaching children about climate change and helping their parent's harvest more from their land. |
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