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- Into the Forest With Myanmar’s Bamboo-Shoot Harvesters
- Activist Detained Over Karen Martyrs Day Commemoration
- Two Decapitated Bodies Found in Market in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
- Ethnic Armed Group Drafts Civilians in Myanmar’s Shan State
- Curfew Continues in Northern Myanmar’s Kokang Over Concerns About Armed Conflict
- Workers Protest Lack of Fishing Rights in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Region
- Myanmar’s First Railroad to Get ADB-Assisted Upgrades
- Ninety-Nine Malaysian Couples Tie the Knot on Auspicious Day
- Typhoon Lashes Japanese Capital, One Dead, Power, Transport Disrupted
- Huawei Drops Lawsuit Against US Over Seized Equipment: Court Filing
| Into the Forest With Myanmar’s Bamboo-Shoot Harvesters Posted: 10 Sep 2019 07:15 AM PDT  In the rainy season, Irrawaddy Region farmers venture into the mountains and battle mosquitoes and snakes to supplement their income by harvesting the popular food. |
| Activist Detained Over Karen Martyrs Day Commemoration Posted: 10 Sep 2019 07:09 AM PDT  Naw Ohn Hla, chairwoman of the Karen Women's Union, was detained under unlawful assembly charges; after declining to request bail, she was taken to Insein Prison. |
| Two Decapitated Bodies Found in Market in Myanmar’s Rakhine State Posted: 10 Sep 2019 05:55 AM PDT  Headless, mutilated bodies of Arakanese men dumped in Kan Htaung Gyi market; incident is latest in series of brutal, unsolved killings of civilians in northern Rakhine. |
| Ethnic Armed Group Drafts Civilians in Myanmar’s Shan State Posted: 10 Sep 2019 04:46 AM PDT  The Restoration Council of Shan State is accused of engaging in forced recruitment in northern Shan after conscripting 10 Ta'ang civilians to join its military. |
| Curfew Continues in Northern Myanmar’s Kokang Over Concerns About Armed Conflict Posted: 10 Sep 2019 04:22 AM PDT  Government officials have extended a long-running curfew in Kokang Self-Administered Zone again amid concerns about stability in northern Shan State. |
| Workers Protest Lack of Fishing Rights in Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Region Posted: 10 Sep 2019 03:41 AM PDT  Fishery workers' application for rights to fish in lakes rejected in favor of wealthy businessmen, they say. |
| Myanmar’s First Railroad to Get ADB-Assisted Upgrades Posted: 10 Sep 2019 12:53 AM PDT  Upgrades to the Yangon-Pyay railroad—Myanmar's oldest—will reduce total travel time from 8 to 4.5 hours, the transport ministry says. |
| Ninety-Nine Malaysian Couples Tie the Knot on Auspicious Day Posted: 09 Sep 2019 10:27 PM PDT  At a mass wedding held at a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, the 99 couples took part in an annual rite for Chinese Buddhist couples looking to wed. |
| Typhoon Lashes Japanese Capital, One Dead, Power, Transport Disrupted Posted: 09 Sep 2019 09:53 PM PDT  Deadly, record-breaking winds and stinging rain canceled 160 flights and scores of trains, brought landslides, destroyed one bridge and left 930,000 without power. |
| Huawei Drops Lawsuit Against US Over Seized Equipment: Court Filing Posted: 09 Sep 2019 09:39 PM PDT  But, the company said, it is disappointed the US refused to provide a full explanation for the "arbitrary and unlawful" detention of the equipment for two years. |
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