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Myanmar regime summons German envoy over call for coup releases

The Myanmar regime's foreign ministry said it summoned Germany's top resident diplomat on Tuesday over a Facebook video calling for authorities to "unconditionally release" ousted politicians, including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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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."

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UK's Johnson urges 'independent' probe of Rohingya crisis after Myanmar visit

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Myanmar minister orders refugees to leave no man’s land between Rakhine and Bangladesh

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Major-General Aung Soe appeared to tell Rohingya refugees they will face 'consequences' if they stay where they are.

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UK’s Johnson urges ‘independent’ probe of Rohingya crisis after Myanmar visit

Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson stopped off in Myanmar on Sunday to press Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the need for an independent probe into violence in Rakhine State.

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Reuters Inn Din report highlights need for independent probe, says US

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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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