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Myanmar frees journalists
Published on 29/12/2017
» Myanmar on Friday freed two journalists for Turkey's state broadcaster, their local interpreter and a driver after they completed a two-month jail sentence for violating an aircraft law by filming with a drone, a prison official said.
UPDATE: 6.8 Myanmar quake shakes Bangkok, Pagan temples destroyed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/08/2016
» Earthquake shook buildings in Yangon & across Myanmar and the region as far as Chiang Mai & Bangkok in Thailand.
Meiktila violence sends warning to foreign investors
News, Published on 29/03/2013
» In Myanmar's capital Yangon, on March 20-21, a business investment summit presented Myanmar as a stable, growing democracy eager to establish agriculture, infrastructure, financial and manufacturing partnerships with leading international companies.
Myanmar unrest toll hits 40
AFP, Published on 26/03/2013
» The confirmed death toll from recent communal violence in central Myanmar has risen to 40 after eight more bodies were pulled from the wreckage of a riot-hit town, state media reported on Tuesday.
Riot-hit Myanmar urges end to 'religious extremism'
AFP, Published on 26/03/2013
» Myanmar's reformist government on Monday called for an end to "terrorist acts and religious extremism" following a new eruption of communal violence in the former military-ruled nation.
Fresh communal riots in Myanmar
Associated Press, Published on 25/03/2013
» MEIKHTILA, Myanmar - Sectarian clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar spread to at least two other towns in the country's heartland over the weekend.
Fresh communal clashes rock central Myanmar
AFP, Published on 25/03/2013
» Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread in central Myanmar, officials said Sunday, defying authorities' efforts to quell deadly clashes between Buddhists and Muslims.
Myanmar unrest spreads: officials
AFP, Published on 24/03/2013
» YANGON - Dozens of houses and a mosque have been torched as communal violence spread in Myanmar, officials said Sunday, adding scores of people have been arrested.