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Top UN court to rule November 19 on Myanmar/Rohingya genocide case

The top United Nations court will on November 19 deliver a landmark ruling on whether Myanmar's crackdown against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority constituted a genocide, officials said on Tuesday.

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Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi sounded ‘fairly healthy’, son says after first call in years

The son of Myanmar's Daw Aung San Suu Kyi told Agence France-Presse she sounded "fairly healthy" after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years.

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Detained Aung San Suu Kyi receives UK royal package: Myanmar regime

Myanmar's Daw Aung San Suu Kyi received a package from Britain's King Charles III on Monday, the regime said, releasing the first pictures of the detained Nobel laureate in two months and describing her as a "special female prisoner."

BY AFP

From refuge to repatriations: Malaysia’s Myanmar U-turn

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim once urged his Muslim-majority nation to show solidarity with the persecuted Rohingya who fled Myanmar en masse, but this week rolled out the red carpet for the man accused of orchestrating their genocide.

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The new Muslim citizens of Ramree Island

A village on Rakhine State’s Ramree Island is at the centre of a controversy around the granting of citizenship to thousands of Muslims, with some alleging corruption.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Lawt Aung’s ‘beautiful orchestra’

Passion and enthusiasm drive a Kachin violinist who achieved his dream of establishing a youth string orchestra from scratch.

BY Emily Fishbein

The ghost net menace in Myanmar's Myeik Archipelago

Discarded fishing gear brings death and destruction to marine environments and is threatening the unique beauty and biodiversity of Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago.

BY Thanda Ko Gyi

The ghost net menace in Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago

Discarded fishing gear brings death and destruction to marine environments and is threatening unique beauty and biodiversity.

BY Thanda Ko Gyi

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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