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UN special envoy visits Rakhine state
dpa, Published on 14/02/2014
» YANGON - United Nations special envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana visited Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state on Friday following reports of new atrocities committed against the Rohingya Muslim minority living there, officials said.
China makes South China Sea proposals, slams US 'provocation'
dpa, Published on 23/11/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Sunday put forward a five-point proposal to ease rising tensions in the South China Sea, even as Beijing admitted to building military facilities in the area.
Malaysia checks plane part found in Philippines
dpa, Published on 11/10/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police are investigating a report that plane wreckage with a Malaysian flag painted on it was found on a southern Philippine island, a news report said.
Philippine death toll from Koppu jumps to 16
dpa, Published on 19/10/2015
» Residents of flooded farming villages in the Philippines were trapped on their rooftops on Monday and animals floated down fast-rising rivers, as the death toll from Typhoon Koppu climbed to 16.
Myanmar to send back 125 more boat people to Bangladesh
dpa, Published on 23/08/2015
» YANGON - Myanmar will repatriate at least 125 more Bangladeshi refugees who were rescued at sea by the navy in May, official said on Sunday.
Vietnam fetes 70 years of independence
dpa, Published on 02/09/2015
» HANOI — Huge crowds gathered on the streets of Vietnam's 1,000-year-old capital Wednesday for a massive military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the nation's independence.
Vietnam TV net fined for map showing Hanoi in China
dpa, Published on 12/05/2015
» HANOI — Vietnam media authorities fined a national television station for displaying a map that placed the capital Hanoi within southern China, news reports said Tuesday.
Myanmar to develop Mergui islands as tourist destination
dpa, Published on 25/05/2015
» YANGON — Myanmar will give the green light to new hotels in its southernmost archipelago by the end of the year, officials say.
Hardline Buddhists defend Myanmar's role in migrant crisis
dpa, Published on 27/05/2015
» YANGON — More than 100 Buddhist nationalists, including monks and nuns, marched here Wednesday in protest at the international portrayal of the country's role in the Rohingya boat-migrant crisis.
400 missing in shipwreck
dpa, Published on 15/04/2015
» ROME - Nearly 400 people were still missing from a shipwreck off the coast of Libya, including many unaccompanied children, Save the Children organisation said on Tuesday.