Myanmar – Page 28 – Asia Times

During monsoon rain in September 2017, a Rohingya walks through a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: AFP/Dominique Faget

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia

As monsoon approaches, fears grow for Rohingya in camps

by Bertil Lintner May 6, 2018February 18, 2020

A Karen insurgent soldier holds a rocket launcher while standing guard at Oo Kray Kee village in Karen State near the Thai-Myanmar border in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul

AT Finance, Myanmar, South Asia

A road back to war in Myanmar

by Sally Kantar May 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Train cars at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong railway station. Photo: AFP

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Misaligned rails keep SEAsia delinked from China

by Peter Janssen May 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A neighborhood in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Caregiver arrested after CCTV shows her beating little girls

by Asia Times staff May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Hospital Conde S Januário in Macau. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Doraemon.tvb

AT Finance, China, Iran, Macau, Middle East, Myanmar

Myanmar maid arrested in Macau for abuse of 2-year-old

by Asia Times staff May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Tripura Chief Minister Bipal Kumar Deb visits Sree Sree Jagannath Jeu Temple in Agartala. Photo: Twitter

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India had internet thousands of years ago, minister claims

by Asia Times staff May 2, 2018February 18, 2020

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Source: CNBC screen grab

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US cannot stop China’s innovation advancements

by Ken Moak May 1, 2018

A Rohingya refugee woman at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Dhaka banks on UN Security Council to help send the Rohingya ‘home’

by Faisal Mahmud May 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang laughs with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a signing ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, April 8, 2018. Picture: Parker Song/Pool via Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Singapore-led Asean favors China over US

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

A Laotian family earns its living growing peanuts on a small island in the Mekong River. Thanks to international efforts, the threat to them and others from malaria has been reduced. Photo: iStock

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Beating malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion

by Poonam Khetrapal Singh and Shin Young-soo April 28, 2018February 18, 2020

A flotilla of Chinese naval vessels in a live combat drill in an undated photo. Photo: AFP/China Out

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China advances, West frets in South Pacific

by Bertil Lintner April 25, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on August 19, 2016. Photo: AFP/Dela Pena

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

How China gets what it wants in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Bangladesh Flag Ballot Box. 3D Rendering. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Global spotlight on Bangladesh’s upcoming elections

by S K Chatterji April 24, 2018April 24, 2018

North Korea, Missile, Unclear, USA. Photo: iStock

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How to negotiate a lasting deal with North Korea

by Brahma Chellaney April 23, 2018April 23, 2018

A man hangs a poster depicting Palestinian electrical engineer Fadi al-Batash, who was shot to death in Malaysia, on his family house in the northern Gaza Strip April 21, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Mohammed Salem

AT Finance, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Russia, Syria, World

Killing draws Malaysia deeper into Middle East conflicts

by David Hutt April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Ballot box textured with Malaysian Flag. Isolated on white background. A vote envelope is entering into the ballot box. Horizontal composition with copy space. Great use for referendum and 2018 presidential elections related concepts. Clipping path is included. Photo: iStock

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Restoring electoral integrity must be top priority

by Hakimi Abdul Jabar April 22, 2018April 23, 2018

The Police head office in South Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Pengusaha Tionghoa dibunuh: pekerja migran ditahan, 1 masih buron

by Asia Times staff April 19, 2018April 19, 2018

A Rohingya refugee boy carries water in the Kutupalong refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar on March 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Dhaka denounces return of Rohingya family as ‘a PR stunt’

by Faisal Mahmud April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Tourists walk amongst trash washed up on Bali's Kuta beach pushed to shore by seasonal winds. Photo: Reuters/Wira Suryantala/Antara Foto

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SEAsia tourism a victim of its own success

by Alan Boyd April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

The Police head office in South Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Chinese businesswoman killed: migrant workers held, 1 on run

by Asia Times staff April 18, 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

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ASEAN turns blind eyes to Rohingya crisis

by Angshuman Choudhury April 18, 2018April 18, 2018

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, left, has been accused of being autocratic, while Zhaleda Zia, right, remains in jail for corruption. Photos: AFP & Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Bangladesh polls pose a challenge to regional stability

by Manoj Joshi April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

A Rohingya refugee woman at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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

Rohingya crisis highlights blockchain data issues

by Richard Cook April 13, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho leaves Pyongyang for an ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila. PHOTO: AFP/KIM Won-Jin

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ASEAN may play key role in Korean Peninsula talks

by Richard Javad Heydarian April 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Brahmaputra river in Tibet. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Adding artificial rain to the Sino-Indian conundrum

by Sriparna Pathak April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

PLA troops patrol the Tibet-Qinghai railway. Photo: PLA Daily

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Drones and CCTV beefing up PLA’s border defense

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

Rohingya Muslims, who fled government-sanctioned violence in Myanmar, sought refuge in Bangladesh, which now hosts more than one million people. Photo: iStock/Joel Carillet

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In Myanmar good Intentions led to bad outcomes

by Tej Parikh April 8, 2018

The Sule Pagoda is a stupa in the heart of downtown Yangon. It is in the center of the city and an important space in contemporary Myanmar politics, ideology and geography. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Myanmar economic reforms ebb against refugee wave

by Gary Kleiman April 5, 2018

Rohingya refugees who were intercepted by Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency off Langkawi island are escorted as they are handed over to immigration authorities, at the Kuala Kedah ferry jetty in Malaysia April 3, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Stringer

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar in the Dragon’s jaws

by Prakash Katoch April 4, 2018

Newly elected Myanmar President Win Myint. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Can Myanmar’s new president deliver?

by Prajakta Gupte April 4, 2018April 4, 2018