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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

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

The Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) building. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, Vietnam, World

Myanmar’s missing investment law liftoff

by Gary Kleiman May 25, 2017May 25, 2017

A still from Burma Storybook, a documentary on Burmese poet Maung Aung Pwint (pictured with his wife in their Yangon flat). Photo: Petr Lom

AT Finance, Myanmar

Poetic justice: first steps on Myanmar’s long road to reform

by Briony Lin May 23, 2017February 18, 2020

A Chinese national flag flutters on the borderline of China's Yunnan and Myanmar's Kokang region in Nansan town, Lincang city, southwest China's Yunnan province. Photo: AFP Forum

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Chinese shadow over Myanmar’s wars

by Brian McCartan May 22, 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

A growing drug trade threatens to intensify violence in Myanmar's western Rakhine State. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand

Drug trade obscures Myanmar’s Rakhine state violence

by David Scott Mathieson May 18, 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

Raw power: Canadian expatriate Dave Leduc (left) in action.

AT Finance, Cambodia, France, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, World

Bare essentials: Canadian raises profile of Burmese combat sport

by Matt Eaton May 15, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia, World

In Myanmar, extremist monks threaten mob rule

by Tej Parikh May 13, 2017May 15, 2017

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

(From L to R) Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith attend the opening ceremony of ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos September 6, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Jorge Silva

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Southeast Asia’s leaders steer away from democracy: activists

by Agence France-Presse April 28, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar journalists wearing caps reading 'Press Freedom'. Photo: AFP/ Soe Than Win

AT Finance, Myanmar

Critical publisher stabbed to death in Myanmar

by Reuters April 21, 2017February 18, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un aims a rifle at the Sporting Bullet Factory in Pyongyang. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

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

North Korea’s long history of killing overseas

by Bertil Lintner April 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Part of North Korea's missile arsenal. Photo: AFP/North Korean Central News Agency

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North Korean missiles officially banned and widely available

by Bertil Lintner April 19, 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

An oil tanker is pictured at a port in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

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Myanmar pipeline boosts China’s energy security

by Shawn W. Crispin April 17, 2017

China's President Xi Jinping (R) speaks with Myanmar's President Htin Kyaw after a signing ceremony at Beijing's Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 10, 2017. Photo: AFP, Yohei Kanasashi

AT Finance, China, Myanmar

China announces opening of Myanmar pipeline

by Asia Unhedged April 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees come to Balukhali Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo: Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Myanmar, South Asia

Myanmar begins shuttering three Rakhine camps

by Agence France-Presse April 11, 2017February 18, 2020

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

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, United Kingdom, World

A Chinese war in Myanmar

by Bertil Lintner April 5, 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

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets Myanmar President Htin Kyaw during a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN summit in Sochi on May 19, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Host Photo Agency / -

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Enter Russia into Myanmar’s armed fray

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

Rohingya refugees wait for access to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 11, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Olivia Harris

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, World

Over 100 die in Malaysian immigration centers

by Reuters March 30, 2017February 18, 2020