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US condemns Myanmar 'ethnic cleansing', backs Suu Kyi
Published on 15/09/2017
» LONDON - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has delivered the toughest condemnation yet from a Trump administration official of the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, likening the violence against them to ethnic cleansing and demanding it stop.
The Rohingya in Myanmar: How years of strife grew into a crisis
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2017
» A military crackdown against the Rohingya ethnic group has driven hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from their homes in Myanmar.
Activists seek pet registration law to reduce strays
Kyodo News, Published on 02/09/2017
» An animal welfare groups are brainstorming ideas to press for new legislation to require registration of pets, in hopes of reducing the high number of stray dogs and cats around the country in the long term.
How the insurgency behind Myanmar attacks grew
Associated Press, Published on 01/09/2017
» Armed with machetes and rifles, a ragtag band of insurgents comprised of members of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority launched unprecedented attacks last week, triggering fighting with security forces that has left more than 100 people dead and forced at least 18,000 to flee into neighbouring Bangladesh.
Myanmar Buddhists seek tougher action on Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 31/08/2017
» Several hundred Buddhist nationalists, including monks, rallied in Myanmar's largest city on Wednesday to urge stronger action against insurgents from the Muslim Rohingya minority for attacks on police last week.
18,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar violence into Bangladesh
Associated Press, Published on 30/08/2017
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- The International Organization for Migration said Wednesday that 18,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled fresh violence in Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh, with “hundreds and hundreds” stranded in no man's land at the countries' border.
Former loyalists lose faith in Myanmar's democracy icon
Associated Press, Published on 29/08/2017
» YANGON -- As Aung San Suu Kyi launched a national struggle against decades of harsh military rule, one medical student worked tirelessly at her side, facing down gun-wielding soldiers trying to crush the surging pro-democracy movement.
Mum's tears over slow police probe
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 27/08/2017
» For as long as she could remember, it was a daily ritual for single mother Patcharee Punthong, 51, and her daughter, Ploynarin "Nong Ploy" Palipol, 22, to have dinner together after work in the Tha Rue district of Ayutthaya, where they lived only steps away from the factory where they both worked. Nong Ploy usually commuted to and from work on her bike.
Kung Fu nuns strike back at rising sex attacks on women
Published on 26/08/2017
» LADAKH, INDIA - As dawn breaks, the sun edges over the expansive jagged mountains of Ladakh - a remote Buddhist ex-kingdom in the Indian Himalayas bordering Tibet - to reveal a world where time appears to have stood still.
Law cops out on transgender rights in Pattaya
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 20/08/2017
» After a long night performing at one of Pattaya's most famous cabaret shows, Aom only wanted a good rest. The 35-year-old cabaret performer left work at 1am without pausing to remove her make-up. Mounting her motorcycle, she decided to go home via Pattaya Beach Road, a stretch known as a hangout for transgender sex workers and heavily patrolled by police.