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Media protest in Yangon
AFP, Published on 04/08/2012
» Dozens of journalists marched in Yangon on Saturday to protest against the suspension of two journals amid fears that officials might be backing off pledges to ease strict junta-era censorship laws.
Myanmar gets first 'sex-ed' magazine
Published on 06/12/2012
» A new monthly magazine filled with erotic images from front cover to back has hit the news stands in Myanmar, where sex had previously been a taboo subject under military rule.
Myanmar army moves into riot town
Published on 23/03/2013
» MEIKHTILA, MYANMAR — Myanmar's army took control of a ruined central city on Saturday, regaining control after several days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims that killed dozens of people and left scores of buildings in flames in the worst sectarian bloodshed to hit the country this year.
20 sentenced in Myanmar for trafficking boat people
Published on 24/06/2015
» Twenty members of a human trafficking ring, facing charges in connection with a migrant ship that was intercepted off the Arakan coast last month, were each handed five years in prison on Monday by a township court.
Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya
AFP, Published on 12/08/2018
» Myanmar has asked Bangladesh to stop providing aid to 6,000 Rohingya stranded on the border between the two countries since a military crackdown prompted a mass exodus of the Muslim minority last year, the foreign ministry in Dhaka said.