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- Myitsone Dam Safe, Chinese Company Assures Kachin Lawmakers
- Some State Parliaments Approve Creation of Immigration Ministries
- Sorrow, Demand for Change After LGBT Suicide
- Govt Faces Backlash for N. Rakhine Internet Blackout
- Planned Aung San Statue in Chin State Scrapped
- Court Hears Sentencing Appeals for U Ko Ni Murder Conspirators
- Lawmakers Submit Urgent Proposal to Resume Internet Services in N. Rakhine
- Huawei’s US Research Arm Builds Separate Identity
- A Year Later, Thailand’s Rescued ‘Cave Boys’ Honor Diver who Died
- Myanmar Blackout May Be Cover for Gross Human Rights Violations: UN Investigator
- The Day the KNDO Hijacked a Burma Airways Jet
| Myitsone Dam Safe, Chinese Company Assures Kachin Lawmakers Posted: 25 Jun 2019 07:09 AM PDT  Experts recruited by China's State Power Investment Corp insist the project poses no danger despite location near major fault line. |
| Some State Parliaments Approve Creation of Immigration Ministries Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:56 AM PDT  President U Win Myint has proposed that each state and regional government create a ministry of immigration and human resources. |
| Sorrow, Demand for Change After LGBT Suicide Posted: 25 Jun 2019 06:44 AM PDT  "I tried but could no longer bear the bullying," a 25-year-old librarian wrote online before taking his life. Mourners call it a symptom of a bigger problem in Myanmar. |
| Govt Faces Backlash for N. Rakhine Internet Blackout Posted: 25 Jun 2019 05:31 AM PDT  The internet block for the state's conflict-torn north has been blasted by rights groups, the UN and lawmakers who fear abuses may be carried out with impunity. |
| Planned Aung San Statue in Chin State Scrapped Posted: 25 Jun 2019 04:15 AM PDT  Local authorities in Htantlang will use the funding earmarked for the controversial statue for a public park instead, marking a big win for local activists. |
| Court Hears Sentencing Appeals for U Ko Ni Murder Conspirators Posted: 25 Jun 2019 02:31 AM PDT  Both prosecution and defense want sentences adjusted for Zeya Pho and Aung Win Tun, who received 5 and 3 years respectively for falsifying evidence, harboring a criminal. |
| Lawmakers Submit Urgent Proposal to Resume Internet Services in N. Rakhine Posted: 25 Jun 2019 12:25 AM PDT  The shutdown of internet services will encourage human rights violations and violence, Minbya Township lawmaker U Hla Thein Aung argued at the Rakhine state parliament. |
| Huawei’s US Research Arm Builds Separate Identity Posted: 24 Jun 2019 09:58 PM PDT  The fear is that Huawei is using university partnerships to scoop up research in areas such as AI, telecommunications and robotics, to be used in hacking or spying operations. |
| A Year Later, Thailand’s Rescued ‘Cave Boys’ Honor Diver who Died Posted: 24 Jun 2019 09:25 PM PDT  Saman Kunan, a former member of an elite Thai Navy SEAL unit, died after entering the cave to place oxygen tanks along a potential exit route. |
| Myanmar Blackout May Be Cover for Gross Human Rights Violations: UN Investigator Posted: 24 Jun 2019 09:14 PM PDT  UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee said she has been told the Tatmadaw "is now conducting a clearance operation" in Rakhine State. |
| The Day the KNDO Hijacked a Burma Airways Jet Posted: 24 Jun 2019 06:55 PM PDT  On this day in 1954, a team of Karen National Defense Organization rebels hijacked a Union of Burma Airways Dakota DC-3—the nation's first airplane hijacking. |
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