Myanmar – Page 27 – Asia Times

A ground-up view of skyscrapers in Singapore's downtown district, November 7, 2017. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

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Singapore: not always as clean as it looks

by Ma Nguyen May 30, 2018February 18, 2020

TO GO WITH AFP STORY INDONESIA-RELIGION-RIGHTS-ISLAM-AHMADIYAH, FOCUS BY ARLINA ARSHAD
This picture taken on April 9, 2013 shows cleric of the Ahmadiyah Islamic sect, Rahmat Rahmadijaya, speaking through a door during an AFP interview at Al Misbah mosque in Bekasi. A group of minority Ahmadiyah Muslims in Indonesia have been holed up in a mosque since authorities shuttered it earlier this month, in a stand-off that starkly illustrates the growing religious intolerance sweeping the country. AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY / AFP PHOTO / ADEK BERRY

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Persecution of Ahmadis: a problem in the DNA of Pakistani society

by Imad Zafar May 29, 2018

Methamphetamine or 'yaba' pills, such as these seized by Thai authorities in January, are smuggled throughout the region. Bangladesh is the latest country to crack down hard with mass arrests and allegedly dozens of extrajudicial killings. Photo: AFP/ Thai Royal Navy

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Bangladesh ‘war on drugs’ ignites killing controversy

by Faisal Mahmud May 28, 2018February 18, 2020

The Myanmar Embassy on St Martin's Drive in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Agen tenaga kerja dituntut atas perekrutan dua gadis Myanmar usia 13 sebagai pembantu

by Asia Times staff May 28, 2018

Armored vehicles are seen at a parade marking the 72nd Armed Forces Day in the Myanmar capital Nay Pyi Taw on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP via Andalou Agency/Lamin Tun

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Myanmar peace process being destroyed on multiple fronts

by Bertil Lintner May 26, 2018February 18, 2020

The Myanmar Embassy on St Martin's Drive in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Agencies charged for hiring Myanmar girls aged 13 as maids

by Asia Times staff May 25, 2018February 18, 2020

The neighborhood where the incident happened on Lakeside Drive in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Gigit pipi dan telinga bayi, pembantu Myanmar dipenjara 10 minggu di Singapura

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018

A fisherman on Inle Lake, one of Myanmar's top picturesque tourist attractions. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

Rakhine crisis takes shine off Myanmar tourism

by Peter Janssen May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

A screenshot from an Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army propaganda video. Photo: Youtube

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Rohingya rebels implicated in Hindu massacre

by Lee Short May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

The neighborhood where the incident happened on Lakeside Drive in Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Maid jailed 10 weeks for biting infant’s cheek and earlobe

by Asia Times staff May 23, 2018February 18, 2020

The son of an Indian Central Reserve Police Force officer lights his funeral pyre in Sathiala village, 45km from Amritsar, on April 25, 2017. Raghbir Singh was killed in an attack by about 300 Maoists in Chhattisgarh. He was one of 25 troops killed in an ambush. They were security for the building of a new road opposed by the Maoists. Photo: AFP/ Narinder Nanu

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Maoists and security officials killed in east Indian states

by Asia Times staff and Bertil Lintner May 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Sri Lanka's War Memorial at Kilinochchi, April 2018. Photo: David Scott Mathieson

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Israel, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar is on a Sri Lankan path to impunity

by David Scott Mathieson May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Singaporean artist Seelann Palay is confronted by police while holding a solo silent protest against the repression of a former parliamentarian, October 1, 2017, Singapore. Photo: Courtesy of The Online Citizen

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No solo protests allowed in Singapore

by Kirsten Han May 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Old apartment blocks in downtown Yangon. Demand for property in Yangon had surged with hopes of an economic boom that has not materialized. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

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Myanmar property falls back to earth

by Peter Janssen May 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar and China share a long and often troubled border. Photo: iStock/Getty images

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China is conflicted in Myanmar’s wars

by Bertil Lintner May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Students take part in a rally demanding peace in war-torn Kachin state in Yangon, Myanmar May 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

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Peace is war in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson May 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Taiwan Air Force F-16 fighter flies alongside a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force H-6K bomber that reportedly flew over the Bashi Channel south of Taiwan in a drill.Photo: Taiwan Defence Ministry via AFP

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War with Taiwan would risk China’s place in the global community

by Grant Newsham May 14, 2018

The growth of anti-democratic governments around the globe is a worrying trend, but shouldn't be considered irreversible. Western democracies must put their own houses in order to set an example to countries where backsliding into authoritarianism is rampant.
Image: iStock

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Why the death of global democracy isn’t inevitable

by Tej Parikh May 13, 2018May 14, 2018

Image of a Chinese flag subsuming a Laos flag. Image: iStock/Getty Images

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Little Laos risks losing it all to China

by Bertil Lintner May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A silhouetted Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army fighter against the rebel group's flag. Photo: Youtube

AT Finance, Australia, Bangladesh, France, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

The curious disappearance of Myanmar’s Rohingya rebels

by David Scott Mathieson May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees reflected in rain water along an embankment next to paddy fields after fleeing from Myanmar into Palang Khali, near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 2, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Hannah McKay

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Crisis within a crisis for Rohingya refugees

by Oliver Slow May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of new Malaysian Prime Minnister Mahathir Mohamad are seen outside of the National Palace, a day after general election in Kuala Lumpur, May 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Malaysia’s vote an unlikely democratic domino

by David Hutt May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Three Americans joined Next Digital as independent executive directors. Photo: Google Maps, markclifford.org, medill.northwestern.edu, niemanlab.org

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Three Americans join Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital

by Ben Kwok May 10, 2018February 18, 2020

China's aircraft carrier Liaoning (C) takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

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Asia’s arms race to pick up pace

by Alan Boyd May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: Reuters/Aly Song

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka

Alibaba to buy South Asia e-commerce site Daraz

by Asia Times staff May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Betel leaves cover the face of 11-month-old Rohingya refugee Abdul Aziz whose wrapped body lay in his family shelter after he died battling high fever and severe cough at the Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh on Dec 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/ Damir Sagolj

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Iran, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Syria, World

OIC team to push for ‘action against Myanmar on Rohingya crimes’

by Faisal Mahmud May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

A cadre of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) stands guard at a camp near Amarpur in Tinsukia district, 600 kilometers from Guwahati, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Assam. Photo: AFP

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Naga militant groups on verge of signing peace accord

by Bertil Lintner May 8, 2018February 18, 2020

The Yading Airport in southwestern Sichuan province was commissioned in 2013 as the world's highest civil airport. Photo: Xinhua

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Chinese military waging a cold war at the roof of the world

by Frank Chen May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Singapore’s State Courts. Photo: Google Maps

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Malaysian jailed for molesting domestic workers in elevators

by Asia Times staff May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) shaking hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) during their meeting at an undisclosed location in North Korea on May 3, 2018. Photo: AFP via KCNA

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What China wants from North Korea

by Bertil Lintner May 7, 2018February 18, 2020