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Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar’s president

April 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Esther Htusan Associated Press Htin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar’s president on March 30, taking a momentous step in the country’s long-drawn transition toward democracy after more than a half-century of direct and indirect military rule. But democracy in this impoverished Southeast Asian nation […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Defense Ministry, Home Ministry, Htin Kyaw, Myanmar, Myint Swe, National League, Southeast Asian, Treasury Department, VOL 35 NO 15 | APRIL 9 – APRIL 15

Myanmar icon Suu Kyi casts first-ever ballot

November 15, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Though championed worldwide as a pro-democracy icon, there is something Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to do until Sunday: vote. The 70-year-old smiled but said nothing to waiting reporters as she cast her ballot at a polling station near the lakeside villa that served […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, NLD, National League, Nyan Win, Vol 34 No 47 | November 14 - November 20, YANGON

Jolie, Suu Kyi visit Myanmar female factory workers

August 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Angelina Jolie has joined Myanmar’s opposition leader and democracy icon, Aung San Suu Kyi, in sitting down with female workers to learn more about their dire conditions. Jolie, who is a special envoy for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, is on a four-day visit to the Southeast […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Angelina Jolie, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Rakhine State, Rohingya Muslims, Southeast Asian, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21, YANGON, attention

Myanmar’s parliament blocks changes to constitution

July 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament voted against several constitutional amendments June 25, ensuring that the military’s veto power remains intact and that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi cannot become president in an election this year. The legislature ended a 3-day debate on proposed changes to the 2008 […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, Democratic Rep, East Asia, Joe Crowley, Michael Quinlan, Myanmar, National League, Nobel Peace Prize, President Thein Sein, Republican Rep, Steve Chabot, Tin Soe, Vol 34 No 29 | July 11 - July 17

Suu Kyi’s iron gate up for auction; minimum bid $200,000

February 8, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The iron gate that stood in front of the home of Myanmar’s formerly imprisoned democracy icon, separating her from throngs of cheering supporters as she made speeches challenging the country’s then-military rulers, is going on the auction block. Soe Nyunt, the current owner, said Monday […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, London, Myanmar, National League, Soe Nyunt, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13, YANGON

Obama says ‘Rohingya,’ displeasing Myanmar hosts

November 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Todd Pitman and Julie Pace Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s minority Rohingya Muslims are among the most persecuted people on earth, and advocates of their cause were hoping President Barack Obama would not only press the issue during his visit this week — they were hoping he would simply say their name.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2015, Associated Press, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Burma, Myanmar, President Barack Obama, President Thein Sein, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 33 No 48 | November 22 - November 28, YANGON, attention, social media

25 years after unrest, Myanmar begins to cope

August 17, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Yadana Htun and Tim Sullican The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Twenty-five years later, you can still see the fear in the eyes of the doctors — two young men carrying a schoolgirl, her blouse drenched in blood, through streets where soldiers were brutally crushing pro-democracy protests.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Argentina, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, Cambodia, China, Dirty War, Great Leap Forward Mao Zedong, Merchant Road, Myanmar, Ne Win, New Delhi, Pol Pot, Saw Lwin, Steve Lehman, Vol 32 No 34 | August 17 - August 23, Win Zaw

2-child limit for Muslims in part of Myanmar

June 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya’s Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said May 25.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Aung San Suu Kyi, Bangladesh, Muslim Rohingya, Predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, President Thein Sein, Rakhine Buddhists, Rohingya Muslims, Vol 32 No 23 | June 1 - June 7, Win Myaing, YANGON

Suu Kyi visit highlights Japan’s economic push in Myanmar

April 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach AP Business Writer TOKYO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit by Suu Kyi, in Japan for the first time in 27 years, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Although Suu Kyi, Aung San Suu Kyi, China-backed Myitsone, Finance Minister Taro Aso, Ford Motor Co, GE, IHS, Jeff Kingston, Mitsui Co, Rachel Calvert, Sumitomo Chemical, Temple University, Though Myanmar, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 17 | April 20 - April 26, Yuki Akimoto, japan

Myanmar opposition party to hold party congress

March 10, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win THE Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — In another sign of political reform and reconciliation in Myanmar, the country’s biggest party, led by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, will hold its first-ever congress in the country’s former capital next week. “This will be the NLD’s first party congress since the […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, 2015, Aung San Suu Kyi, Central Committee, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar, NLD, National League, Nyan Win, Ohn Kyaing, Thein Sein, USDP, Vol 32 No 11 | March 9 - March 15, YANGON, censorship

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