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Myanmar Buddhist monks participate in an anti-Muslim demonstration in Sittwe, Rakhine State on July 3, 2016. Sectarian violence has left scores dead since 2012. Photo: AFP / Win Moe

AT Finance, China, Myanmar, Thailand

Radical Buddhist revival in Myanmar

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 31, 2017February 18, 2020

Naga tribesmen clad in traditional outfits are seen during New Year celebrations in Laha of Khamti Township in northwestern Myanmar bordering India's Assam state. The Naga are among the most isolated people in the world. Photo: AFP / Khin Maung Win

AT Finance, China, India, Myanmar, South Asia

A wall goes up in Myanmar

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 31, 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

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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

UN special rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee conducts a press conference in Yangon on January 20, 2017 during the conclusion of a 12-day mission to investigate escalating violence in Myanmar's restive ethnic border areas.The government had denied UN human rights official Yanghee Lee access to violence-hit parts of Shan and Kachin states during her 12-day monitoring mission. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD

AT Finance, Myanmar

UN Rapporteur slams right abuses in Myanmar

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 23, 2017February 18, 2020

People monitor stock prices and the index displayed on a large video screen at the Yangon Stock Exchange in Yangon on June 28, 2016. Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo

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What do traders at Myanmar’s stock exchange do all day? Nothing.

by Poo Yee Kai January 23, 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

A protesters wears a headband with "Help Rohingya" on it during a demonstration against what organisers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, outside the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Iqro Rinaldi.

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The Lady and the Rohingya

by Shawn W. Crispin January 19, 2017January 19, 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

Myanmar residents displaced from fighting between ethnic rebel groups and military troops arriving by foot and local trucks to cross the river boundary between Myanmar and China at the border village of Lung Byen near China's Yunnan province.
Photo: AFP/Joint Strategy Team/handout

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Kachin war explodes Myanmar’s peace drive

by Bertil Lintner January 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Palm oil fruits on a truck. Photo: Reuters/Samsul Said

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Palm oil plantations create landlessness in Myanmar

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Armed and deadly: United Wa State Army soldier holds a weapon as he marches during a festival in a village outside Pansang, Wa territory in northeast Myanmar October 3, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, South Asia

Leadership change looms for armed group key to Myanmar peace

by Reuters January 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Despite child labor laws that have been in existence since 1951, increasing numbers of children are working in the country's famous teahouses. Photo: Carole Oudot

AT Finance, Myanmar

Growing pains: child labor on the rise as Myanmar develops

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Hair-raising moment: Ethnic Wa performers dressed as United Wa State Army soldiers do a traditional dance in Mongmao. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, World

Through reclusive Wa state, China’s reach extends into Myanmar

by Antoni Slodkowski and Yimou Lee January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar workers load containers of oil onto a ship at the Yangon jetty on May 31, 2016. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Singapore, United Kingdom, World

Myanmar is raising its game on investment, but hurdles remain

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Road to reform: Youngsters on their motorbike as they travel outside Pansang, Wa territory. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, World

A new start for Myanmar’s economic reforms

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 10, 2017February 18, 2020

A customer waits to deposit 1000 Indian rupee banknotes in a cash deposit machine in a bank in Mumbai. Photo Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

AT Finance, Myanmar, World

How Myanmar can curb illicit financial flows

by Brian Moore January 10, 2017January 9, 2017

This screen grab taken on January 4, 2017 from a YouTube video originally taken by Myanmar Constable Zaw Myo Htike (pictured at far L - looking at camera) shows a policeman (back L) kicking out at a Rohingya minority villager seated on the ground with others, in the village of Kotankauk during a police area clearance operation on November 5, 2016.A commission probing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State on January 4 denied security forces had abused Rohingya, days after a video emerged showing police beating civilians from the Muslim minority. Photo: AFP/YouTube/ Zaw Myo Htike

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Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 9, 2017February 18, 2020

A miner showing pieces of ruby and jade at a ruby mine in Mogok, north of Mandalay.
Photo: Ye Aung Thu/AFP

AT Finance, China, France, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Treasure hunt in Myanmar’s ‘land of the rubies’

by Hlay-Hlay Htay January 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Yangon Chief Minister Phyo Min Thein (left). Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, Middle East, Myanmar, Thailand, World

Editor jailed for mention of minister’s Patek Philippe watch

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey January 2, 2017February 18, 2020

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi attends a meeting event with Myanmar citizens residing in Japan in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, Thailand, World

Myanmar’s elusive prize preening

by Gary Kleiman January 2, 2017January 1, 2017

Children walking through an opium plantation in Shan State, Myanmar. The country has struggled to stem the tide of narcotics from its remote and violence-scarred border regions. Photo: AFP/Phyo Hein Kyaw

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand

Myanmar’s vicious circle inside the golden triangle

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey December 29, 2016February 18, 2020

Tatamadaw soldiers in Lashio city. Photo: Carole Oudot

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To stay or go? Stark choices for villagers in war-torn Shan state

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey December 27, 2016February 18, 2020

Rohingya Muslims who fled from violence in Myanmar take shelter at Leda unregistered Rohingya camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh. Photo: AFP/Zakir Hossain Chowdhury

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

Muslim found beheaded after talking to Myanmar journalists

by Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey December 24, 2016February 18, 2020

Container boxes at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

Asian regional trade deal may see more lawsuits: report

by Asia Times staff December 8, 2016February 18, 2020

A banner is tied to barbed-wire outside the Myanmar embassy during a protest against what organisers say is the crackdown on ethnic Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, in Jakarta, Indonesia November 25, 2016. The text on the poster reads, "Rohingya are our brothers". REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, European Union, India, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, World

The Lady’s hesitation over the Rohingya upsets the EU

by Emanuele Scimia December 1, 2016December 1, 2016

State-owned oil giant Pertamina's refinery unit IV in Cilacap, Central Java. Photo: Reuters/Darren Whiteside

AT Finance, Brunei, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

OPEC deal ‘positive for Asia’s oil and gas exporters’

by Johan Nylander December 1, 2016February 18, 2020

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

In Myanmar, genocide looms as the world waits on Suu Kyi

by Tej Parikh November 30, 2016November 30, 2016

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Bangladesh presses Myanmar as Rohingya flee across border

by Ewen Campbell November 24, 2016February 18, 2020

Rohingya refugees waiting to enter the Kutupalang Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh in this pic, taken in November 2016. Photo: Reuters/ Mohammad Ponir Hossain

AT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, South Asia

China says 3,000 flee Myanmar after fighting along border

by Reuters November 22, 2016February 18, 2020

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Radical Buddhist revival in Myanmar

A wall goes up in Myanmar

Assassination puts Myanmar on a razor’s edge

Muslim lawyer gunned down at Yangon’s international airport

UN Rapporteur slams right abuses in Myanmar

What do traders at Myanmar’s stock exchange do all day? Nothing.

Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict risks spiraling out of control

The Lady and the Rohingya

No peace in sight for Myanmar

Kachin war explodes Myanmar’s peace drive

Palm oil plantations create landlessness in Myanmar

Leadership change looms for armed group key to Myanmar peace

Growing pains: child labor on the rise as Myanmar develops

Through reclusive Wa state, China’s reach extends into Myanmar

Myanmar is raising its game on investment, but hurdles remain

A new start for Myanmar’s economic reforms

How Myanmar can curb illicit financial flows

Policemen arrested for beating Rohingyas, filming it

Treasure hunt in Myanmar’s ‘land of the rubies’

Editor jailed for mention of minister’s Patek Philippe watch

Myanmar’s elusive prize preening

Myanmar’s vicious circle inside the golden triangle

To stay or go? Stark choices for villagers in war-torn Shan state

Muslim found beheaded after talking to Myanmar journalists

Asian regional trade deal may see more lawsuits: report

The Lady’s hesitation over the Rohingya upsets the EU

OPEC deal ‘positive for Asia’s oil and gas exporters’

In Myanmar, genocide looms as the world waits on Suu Kyi

Bangladesh presses Myanmar as Rohingya flee across border

China says 3,000 flee Myanmar after fighting along border

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