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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

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

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Crisis within a crisis for Rohingya refugees

by Oliver Slow May 11, 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

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

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

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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

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A road back to war in Myanmar

by Sally Kantar May 5, 2018February 18, 2020

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

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

by Faisal Mahmud May 1, 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

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

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How China gets what it wants in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner April 24, 2018February 18, 2020

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

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

by Faisal Mahmud 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

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

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

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Myanmar in the Dragon’s jaws

by Prakash Katoch April 4, 2018

Newly elected Myanmar President Win Myint. Photo: Reuters

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Can Myanmar’s new president deliver?

by Prajakta Gupte April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

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

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First Rohingya boats take to the seas

by Lee Short April 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya collect rainwater at a temporary refugee camp near Kanyin Chaung jetty, Myanmar, after being rescued from a boat carrying 734 people off Myanmar's southern coast in June 2015. Photo: Reuters

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Hard rain’s gonna fall on Rohingya refugees

by David Scott Mathieson April 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi stands next to national flags of Australia and Myanmar at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018. Photo: AAP via Reuters/Mick Tsikas

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How the West won and lost Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 29, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya man looks at Facebook on his cell phone at a temporary makeshift camp after crossing over from Myanmar into the Bangladesh side of the border, near Cox's Bazar's Palangkhali, September 8, 2017. Photo: Nurphoto via AFP/ Ahmed Salahuddin

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Is Facebook contributing to genocide in Myanmar?

by Lee Short March 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees stretch their hands to receive aid distributed by local organisations at Balukhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui: "I was going past one of the refugee camps when I stopped to photograph this aid distribution along a road. As the aid distribution got a bit chaotic, volunteers started throwing water bottles from the truck towards the refugees. I placed myself to get the newly made camp in the background as it showed how newly arrived Rohingyas living in these small makeshift shelters were in desperate need of aid." REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

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India, China and the Rohingya issue

by Pema Tseten March 24, 2018March 26, 2018

Author Andray Abrahamian talks to Asia Times in Seoul. Photo: Andrew Salmon

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Myanmar and North Korea: compared and contrasted

by Andrew Salmon March 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 19, 2018. Photo: AAP via Reuters/Mick Tsikas

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Turnbull lends Suu Kyi a blind helping hand

by David Scott Mathieson March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The suspect was discovered hiding behind a billboard in Selangor, Malaysia. Photo: Google Maps

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Myanmar worker arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend

by Asia Times staff March 20, 2018February 18, 2020

The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss North Korea on September 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Joe Penney

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The UN’s crimes of omission

by Nabil Fahmy March 15, 2018

Rohingya refugees react as aid is distributed in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 21, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

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UN suspects Myanmar is guilty of genocide

by Sai Wansai March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

A Rohingya girl grieves outside of a UNHCR tent in Bangladesh in a file photo. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun Photo

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Bulldozing the truth in Myanmar

by David Scott Mathieson March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Busy morning on the Salween on Thailand-Myanmar border as women sell their products from riverbank gardens. Photo: International Rivers

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Women must be central to decisions on hydropower in Myanmar

by Pianporn Deetes March 8, 2018

Supreme Court of Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

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Jail term for abusing maid increased after appeal

by Asia Times staff March 5, 2018February 18, 2020

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