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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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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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7 years prison for Mon State acid attack culprit

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KNU return to conflict 'inevitable' without political dialogue: Report

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Village administrator killed in Buthidaung after speaking to media contingent

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KNU return to conflict ‘inevitable’ without political dialogue: Report

The government’s most important non-state partner in the peace process risks a return to conflict without a stronger commitment to political dialogue from Nay Pyi Taw.

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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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