POLITICS-REFUGEES: ROHINGYA – Myanmar asks Bangladesh to stop aid to stranded Rohingya
A Rohingya refugee child, carrying another child, walks along a bridge from no-man’s land to Bangladesh, at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border
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POLITICS: YANGON – How two young reporters shook Myanmar
A man signs a large poster in Yangon showing the jailed journalists Wa Lone (right) and Kyaw Soe Oo. (Reuters
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POLITICS-ROHINGYA: MYITKYINA, Myanmar – In Myanmar’s Kachin, jungle treks to escape war
Ethnic Kachin Hkaraw Yaw, 102, sits in his hut in compound of Trinity Baptist Church refugee camp in Myitkyina, Kachin
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POLITICS-CYBER MEDIA: Washington/Yangon – Myanmar Activists Welcome Zuckerberg’s 24-Hour Target to Block Hate Speech on Facebook
Myanmar civil society groups welcomed a commitment by Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to tackle hate speech within 24 hours
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POLITICS-ROHINGYA: Dhaka/Geneva – Bangladesh, UNHCR to Ink Preliminary Plan on Rohingya Repatriation
The United Nations refugee agency is set to sign a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh laying out a framework for
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ASEAN-ROHINGYA: MANILA – Foreign Affair Secretary Cayetano: Myanmar’s Suu Kyi acknowledged Philippines assistance in Rakhine State
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi sits beside Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit
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IMMIGRATION-ROHINGYA: Dhaka/Bhasan Char/Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Floating Island: New Home for Rohingya Refugees Emerges in Bay of Bengal
Bangladesh is racing to turn an uninhabited and muddy Bay of Bengal island into a home for 100,000 Rohingya Muslims
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YANGON: Myanmar to Grant Families Access to Two Reuters Journalists After Remand Period Expires: Media
Members of the Myanmar press council speak as they release their statement on the arrest of the two Reuters reporters
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ASIA-UKHIA, Bangladesh: Myanmar army massacred dozens of Rohingya, survivors say
Mohammadul Hassan, 18, is photographed in his family’s tent in Jamtoli refugee camp in Bangladesh on Nov 24, 2017. Hassan
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ASIA REPORT – OPINION: Myanmar is not a simple morality tale – Roger Cohen | The Straits Times
Rohingya migrants at Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar last Thursday. Within Myanmar, the word “Rohingya” resembles a fuse to
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