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Myanmar. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar

HK to speed up hiring of maids from Cambodia, Myanmar

by Asia Times staff August 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the ASEAN-India Summit in Vientiane on September 8, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

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Why Indian influence is rising in the Indochina region

by Sudhanshu Tripathi August 1, 2017

Myanmar is reconnecting with the outside world after decades of military rule. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win

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

Why Myanmar needs foreign-policy think tanks

by Nay Yan Oo July 31, 2017

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha takes a window seat on board a special train. A political foe to Yingluck, he has disavowed the "rice-for-bullet train" agreement with China. Photo: Bangkok Post via AFP/Chanat Katanyu

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Fast trains to nowhere in Southeast Asia

by Peter Janssen July 31, 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 decrepit jetty at sunset on the shores of Yangon, home to more than 90% of Myanmar's port capacity.
Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

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Limited links sink Myanmar’s potential

by Michael Mackey July 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Map of Korean Peninsula. Image: iStock

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Will EU be part of new Six-Party Talks on N Korea?

by Emanuele Scimia July 23, 2017July 23, 2017

Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander in chief of the Myanmar armed forces, salutes during a ceremony to mark the 71st Armed Forces Day in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on March 27, 2016. Photo: AFP/Aung Htet

AT Finance, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Could US reset sanctions on Myanmar over North Korea?

by Bertil Lintner July 20, 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

US Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yun. Photo: Reuters/Toru Yamanaka

AT Finance, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Myanmar denies N Korea ties amid visit from US diplomat

by Asia Unhedged 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

Myanmar is reconnecting with the outside world after decades of military rule. Photo: AFP/Khin Maung Win

AT Finance, European Union, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Thailand, World

‘Four cuts’ strategy deepens Myanmar’s war wounds

by Stella Naw July 15, 2017February 18, 2020

De facto Myanmar ruler Aung San Suu Kai's indifference to press freedom has attracted intense criticism. Photo: Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

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

Why Suu Kyi should reach out to Myanmar’s media

by Tej Parikh July 15, 2017July 15, 2017

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

M21 residential building on Mandalay Road, Singapore. Photo: Google Maps

AT Finance, Myanmar, Singapore

Maid blamed by family of boyfriend who dies in accident

by Asia Times staff July 3, 2017February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Ivanka Trump at the 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) Ceremony in Washington. Photo: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

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US brands China as among worst human trafficking offenders

by Reuters June 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Tim I Gurung (fourth from right), meets Gurkhas in a Myanmar. Photo: Tim I Gurung

AT Finance, India, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Meet the proud Gurkha community of Myanmar

by Tim I Gurung June 24, 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

A Myanmar man counts his money at a market in Yangon on April 19, 2017. Photo: AFP/Roberto Schmidt

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Minimum wage war in Myanmar

by Eli Meixler June 21, 2017February 18, 2020

A photograph released by Myanmar's Armed Forces on October 14, 2016 with a Myanmar soldier holding a banner with Arabic writing with pouches containing bullets and documents seized inside a house during military operations in search of attackers in Maungdaw located in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP/Myanmar Armed Forces/Stringer

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia

Rohingya insurgency takes lethal form in Myanmar

by Kayleigh Long June 20, 2017February 18, 2020

As of February 2017, a Wildlife Conservation Society team counted around 69 Irrawaddy dolphins. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

Last waltz looms for Myanmar’s dolphins and fishermen

by Kayla Walsh June 17, 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

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

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Myanmar as China’s corridor to the sea

by Bertil Lintner June 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar solders patrol the streets at Thapyuchai village, outside of Thandwe in the Rakhine State. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, South Asia, Thailand, United Kingdom, World

Shadowy rebels extend Myanmar’s wars

by David Scott Mathieson June 11, 2017February 18, 2020

A Buddhist monk walks with his alms bowl early morning in the Myanmar city of Mandalay. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

AT Finance, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand

Misunderstanding Myanmar’s Ma Ba Tha

by Matthew J Walton June 9, 2017February 18, 2020

A still image taken from video released on June 7 shows the Y-8-200 F military aircraft. Photo: Facebook CINCDS Myanmar via Reuters TV

AT Finance, Myanmar

Debris found in sea after Myanmar military plane goes missing

by Admin June 8, 2017February 18, 2020

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

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Myanmar’s unspoken northern enemy

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Students wearing costumes representing Myanmar's different ethnic groups welcome delegates as they arrive for the 25th ASEAN summit at Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw on November 13, 2014. Photo: AFP/ Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, India, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia

A question of race in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner June 3, 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