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Surakiart to join Rakhine advisory body
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2017
» YANGON: Myanmar has formed an advisory body including foreign and local experts to implement recommendations on the country's conflict-riddled Rakhine State by a commission headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, according to an announcement published Saturday in state media.
Myanmar operator rolls out 4G/LTE service
Kyodo News, Published on 19/06/2017
» YANGON - Myanmar's state-owned telecommunications operator MPT, collaborating with Japan's KDDI Corp and Sumitomo Corp, announced Monday the launch of ultrafast 4G/LTE mobile data service.
UN: Crimes against humanity possibly committed
Kyodo News, Published on 03/02/2017
» GENEVA - A report released Friday by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said crimes against humanity have potentially been committed against ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's conflict-riddled Rakhine State.
Indonesia to curb rights abuses on foreign fishing vessels
Kyodo News, Published on 25/01/2017
» JAKARTA - Indonesia on Tuesday issued a new government decree requiring human rights certification for fishing boats operating in the country, in order to stamp out abuse and exploitation of workers in the fisheries industry.
Suu Kyi: Myanmar to let aid into Rakhine
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi held "candid and transparent" talks with Asean foreign ministers Monday in which she agreed to allow humanitarian access to conflict-stricken areas of western Myanmar where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced, while she sought "time and space" to resolve the "complex" issue.
Cambodia backtracks on Zika announcement
Kyodo News, Published on 19/11/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia announced Saturday that a statement released a day earlier on the detection of the country's first Zika case in recent years was a "flaw".
Mitsubishi to begin Myanmar project
Kyodo News, Published on 12/07/2016
» YANGON - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp said Tuesday that it has agreed with Mitsubishi Estate Co to commence work on a mixed-use landmark development project in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, in collaboration with Singapore-listed Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd and local firm First Myanmar Investment Co.