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Supporters and monks belonging to the hardline Buddhist group Ma Ba Tha rally to the US embassy in Yangon on April 28, 2016.
Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, Australia, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Buddhist extremism, despite a clampdown, spreads in Myanmar

by Justine Chambers August 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar security officials stand guard in a pool of mud on July 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Simon Lewis

AT Finance, Middle East, Myanmar, Thailand

Self-defeating approach to peace in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson July 28, 2017February 18, 2020

A bronze statue of Aung San Suu Kyi is displayed at an art exhibition organized by the National League for Democracy in Yangon in a 2007 file photo. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win

AT Finance, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, World

Suu Kyi overbuilds her father’s golden legacy

by David Scott Mathieson July 18, 2017February 18, 2020

The Dalai Lama sits under a canopy in his residence at Birla House in the mountain resort of Mussoori, India after fleeing into exile in a 1959 file photo. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

Did the Dalai Lama prefer exile in Myanmar to India?

by Bertil Lintner July 15, 2017February 18, 2020

A Rohingya refugee girl carries a child at the Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on July 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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

Suu Kyi must stop defending Myanmar military’s crimes

by Kyaw Win July 13, 2017

Reporters protest as they call on Myanmar government and military authorities to release reporters who were arrested in Yangon, Myanmar June 30, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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

Gagging the messengers of Myanmar’s wars

by David Scott Mathieson July 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech at the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden June 13, 2017. TT News Agency/Christine Olsson via Reuters

AT Finance, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia

When will Suu Kyi challenge the military?

by Bertil Lintner June 21, 2017February 18, 2020

This photograph taken on November 10, 2013 shows Muslim lawyer Ko Ni delivering a public address on amending Myanmar's 2008 constitution, as senior National League for Democracy (NLD) party patron Tin Oo (R) listens, in Yangon. Thousands of mourners gathered on January 30, 2017 to bury Ko Ni, a top Muslim lawyer and adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi, who was gunned down outside Yangon airport in what the ruling party called a political assassination. / AFP PHOTO / Hong Sar

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore

No justice for slain Myanmar lawyer Ko Ni

by Bertil Lintner June 17, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping listens to Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw during their meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China April 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Yohei Kanasashi/Pool

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, European Union, Greater Bay Area, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China captures Myanmar’s peace process

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as they meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

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As US vacillates on Myanmar, Suu Kyi looks to China

by Eli Meixler May 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Local residents' houses in front of buildings of a Chinese oil pipeline project (pink roof) on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The wider project, part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative, envisions twin oil and gas pipelines, a deep sea port and special economic zone. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

Asia’s next great commercial hub?

by Eli Meixler May 30, 2017February 18, 2020

Aung San Suu Kyi and Xi Jinping (R) pose before a meeting in Beijing. REUTERS/Rolex Dela Pena

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Myanmar, World

Getting no love from the West, Myanmar turns to the warm embrace of China

by Asia Unhedged May 29, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi sits in her car after arriving at the airport in New Delhi, India, October 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

AT Finance, European Union, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Peace process in pieces in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner May 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi looks on during the opening ceremony of the 30th ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines April 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Mark Crisanto/Pool

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Asean dangerously silent on Rohingya crisis

by Jera Lego May 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Buddhist monks protest alongside activists (not pictured) against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for using the term Rohingya during the Asean summit in Yangon November 29, 2014. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Indonesia, Myanmar

Islamophobia redux in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson May 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar's military parade to mark the 72nd Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar March 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, France, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Austria-Germany dangle arms, ignore rights, on Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson May 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Muslims protest against what they say is Myanmar's crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand November 25, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, World

Rape, pillage and impunity in Myanmar

by Reuters April 29, 2017February 18, 2020

A Myanmar woman stands at the door of her bamboo shack on November 4, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Thailand, World

In pursuit of peace, a war against women

by Fiona MacGregor April 29, 2017February 18, 2020

The flag of Myanmar painted on a cracked and peeling wall. Photo: Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Myanmar’s ‘Great Game’ enters volatile new phase

by Stella Naw April 17, 2017February 18, 2020

State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma speaks during a bilateral meeting with US President Barack Obama (not seen) at the White House in Washington, September 14, 2016. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

AT Finance, China, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Peace process descends into farce

by Bertil Lintner April 5, 2017February 18, 2020

A man gets his finger inked as he casts his ballot during Myanmar by-elections on April 1, 2017. Aung San Suu Kyi's party won nearly half of the contested seats. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Myanmar

Suu Kyi’s party wins nearly half of Myanmar by-elections

by Reuters April 3, 2017February 18, 2020

In tune: United Wa State Army soldiers during a media display in Panghsang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 4, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar

Wa rebel group torpedoes Suu Kyi’s peace drive

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends an event marking the 69th anniversary of Martyrs' Day at the Martyrs' Mausoleum dedicated to the fallen independence heroes in Yangon July 19, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Asia, Vietnam

Suu Kyi falls short of great expectations

by Bertil Lintner February 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar men filtering the water for salt deposits from a pond in the village of Maekaye, Ngaputaw township, Irrawaddy Division. Photo: AFP / Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Oceania, Singapore, Thailand, World

No democratic dividend for Myanmar’s frontier markets

by Peter Janssen February 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Money changers exchanging Myanmar kyat bank notes into US dollars in a back alley of the country's main city and former capital Yangon. Photo: AFP / Soe Than Win

AT Finance, Germany, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, World

Risks remain for US companies in Myanmar

by Peter Janssen February 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees looks on at Kutupalang Unregistered Refugee Camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

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

More than 1,000 feared killed in Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya

by Reuters February 9, 2017February 18, 2020

People carry the coffin of prominent Muslim lawyer Ko Ni during a funeral ceremony held in Yangon, Myanmar on January 30, 2017. Ko Ni was shot in the head at Yangon International Airport on Sunday evening as he returned from a visit to Indonesia as part of a Myanmar delegation of Muslim leaders and government officials. Photo: Kyaw Kyaw / Anadolu Agency

AT Finance, Myanmar

Assassination puts Myanmar on a razor’s edge

by Bertil Lintner January 31, 2017February 18, 2020

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Muslim lawyer gunned down at Yangon’s international airport

by Peter Langan January 30, 2017

Rohiakar, a Rohingya Muslim woman, shows a picture of her daughter Saywar Nuyar, 22, who was being held by a human trafficker in 2015. Photo: Reuters.

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Bangladesh, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict risks spiraling out of control

by Tej Parikh January 21, 2017January 21, 2017

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) shakes hands with ethnic rebel leader General Gun Maw (R) from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the military wing of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), at the conclusion of a peace conference in Naypyidaw on September 3, 2016. Photo: AFP / Aung Htet

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

No peace in sight for Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner January 19, 2017February 18, 2020

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