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Myanmar elections: Suu Kyi expected to return to power as voting begins

Suu Kyi''s National League for Democracy party won the last elections in 2015 in a landslide, ending more than five decades of military-directed rule in the country

Aung San Suu Kyi's party expected to win second term in Myanmar polls

Myanmar's citizens go to the polls in an effort to sustain the fledgling democracy they helped install just five years ago

Facebook removes fake networks targeting US, Myanmar ahead of elections

As the US and Myanmar prepare for November elections, Facebook has removed malicious networks that targeted the countries for violating its policies

India, Japan looking at working in Bangladesh, Myanmar: Jaishankar

S Jaishankar on Friday said both India and Japan have actually started to look at working practically in third countries, adding "we have done a little bit of that in Sri Lanka

Aung San Suu Kyi opens campaign for Myanmar election amid virus surge

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi raised her party's flag at its office in the capital Tuesday to start an election campaign that may be disrupted by a resurgence of the coronavirus

Almost 300 Rohingya found on beach in Indonesia's Aceh; evacuated by army

Almost 300 Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday and were evacuated by military, police and Red Cross volunteers, authorities said

China eyes military facilities in Pak, Myanmar, 10 other nations: Pentagon

The other countries are Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Angola, and Tajikistan, the report said on Tuesday

Rohingya politicians excluded from Myanmar's upcoming election

They will not be able to stand as candidates because officials accuse them of having foreign roots, news agency Al Jazeera reported

China's weapon supply to Myanmar terrorists re-ignites NE insurgency fears

India's Ambassador to Thailand, Suchitra Durai, held a meeting with Unsit Sampuntharat, Governor of Tak province of Thailand in which Mae Sot is located

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to contest November general elections

Suu Kyi was barred from becoming president by a clause in the constitution that was enacted under a previous military government

Between deer and running dogs

Book review of The Deer and the Dragon: Southeast Asia and China in the 21st Century

PM Modi discusses Covid-19 situation with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The leaders discussed the evolving Covid-19 scenario in the domestic and regional contexts and updated each other on the steps being taken to control the spread of the pandemic

Myanmar Parliament blocks bid by Suu Kyi's party to reduce military's power

Suu Kyi was an ardent critic of military rule during her decades-long Nobel Peace prize-winning nonviolent struggle for democracy

War crimes, not genocide committed against Rohingya: Myanmar probe

Military operations from August 2017 forced about 740,000 Rohingya to flee over the border into sprawling camps in Bangladesh

Myanmar, China ink deals to accelerate BRI as Xi courts an isolated Suu Kyi

Xi and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi signed 33 agreements shoring up key projects that are part of the flagship Belt and Road Initiative

Aung San Suu Kyi defends genocide charges against Myanmar, Gambia hits out

Once regarded as an international rights icon for standing up to Myanmar's brutal junta, Suu Kyi's reputation has been tarnished by her decision to side with the military over the Rohingya crisis

Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar at The Hague over Rohingya genocide charges

The 74-year-old's international reputation has been tarnished by her silence over the plight of the Rohingya, and her defence of the same generals who once kept her under house arrest.

Rain fury: 51 killed in Myanmar landslide; search and rescue operations on

Heavy rains led to a major landslide at the Ma-lat mountain. People, houses and vehicles were caught in the mud discharge

Myanmar's ruling party clashes with military over charter change proposal

Constitutional reform was a central pillar of the NLD's platform ahead of the 2015 general election, but little progress has been made as leaders have proved reluctant to confront the military

Myanmar court jails two Reuters journalists for 7 yrs in state secrets case

Two Reuters journalists, accused of breaching Myanmar's official secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, have been sentenced to seven years each in jail by a Yangon court."Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were originally detained in last December, after working on an investigation into the mass killing of a number of Rohingya villagers in Myanmar's Rakhine state," CNN reported.However, the accused journalists maintained that neither of them had done anything wrong.Shortly after the announcement of the verdict, Stephen Adler, Reuters Editor-in-Chief stated that the conviction was "a sad day" for the organisation, the two men (Wa and Kyaw) and "the press everywhere."Echoing similar sentiments, Human Rights Watch Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson in a tweet called the conviction a hammer blow against media freedom in Myanmar."This conviction of the 2 Reuters reporters is a hammer blow against media freedom in #Myanmar, showing just how afraid the #Tatmadaw & ...