Monday, March 20, 2017

The Irrawaddy Magazine

The Irrawaddy Magazine


Philippine President Offers Humanitarian Aid to Arakan State

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 07:42 AM PDT

During a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Rodrigo Duterte formalized a donation of US$300,000 in humanitarian aid to the region.

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Mon State Speaker: ‘Our Challenge is That Parliamentarians Only Have Pen and Paper’

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 07:36 AM PDT

Mon State parliament speaker Daw Tin Ei discusses the regional parliament's successes and challenges in its first year.

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Rangoon Mayor Announces Regional Plans to Ease Guesthouse Restrictions

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 07:07 AM PDT

Union laws barring international visitors from staying in guesthouses remain intact.

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Israel Rejects Petition for Military Export Ban on Burma

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 04:11 AM PDT

Activists submitted the petition to the Israeli Supreme Court because of alleged human rights violations in Burma.

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Nursing Students Reach Agreement With Health Ministry

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 03:29 AM PDT

Nursing students who protested delayed licensing reach an agreement with the health ministry after an informal meeting of the two parties.

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Thousands Protest the Naming of Gen Aung San Bridge

Posted: 19 Mar 2017 11:23 PM PDT

Thousands of ethnic Mon protest in state capital Moulmein against a local bridge that the Union government named after independence hero Gen Aung San.

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Philippines’ Duterte Welcomes Prospect of ICC Case

Posted: 19 Mar 2017 10:44 PM PDT

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will not be intimidated and that his campaign will be unrelenting and 'brutal.'

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Thai Police Say They Have Found Plot to Kill Prime Minister

Posted: 19 Mar 2017 10:12 PM PDT

Authorities seize a weapons stockpile belonging to a member of the red shirt movement, a political group loyal to exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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