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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

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

Myanmar signs trust-building pact with rebels

July 20, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s government has signed an agreement with a major ethnic rebel group to build mutual trust in an effort to defuse recent tensions between the armies from the two sides, state-run media reported July 13.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Burmese Communist Party, Myanmar, Thailand, UWSA, United States, United Wa State Army, Vol 32 No 30 | July 20 - July 26, YANGON

‘Godfather of Heroin’ dies in Mayanmar

July 13, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A former drug kingpin and business tycoon once dubbed the “Godfather of Heroin” by the U.S. government has died in his home in Myanmar’s main city, a source close to the family said July 7.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, Bertil Lintner, Burma, Lo Hsing Han, Myanmar, Thailand, Vol 32 No 29 | July 13 - July 19, YANGON

Japan gives Myanmar $504M loan, forgives past debt

June 1, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Japan’s government on May 26 extended its first loan to Myanmar in 26 years and canceled the remainder of the Southeast Asian country’s debt, as Tokyo looks to re-establish strong economic ties with the former pariah nation.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, China, Foreign Ministry, Hitachi Ltd, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Lin Aung, Marubeni Corp, Mikio Numata, Mitsubishi Corp, Myanmar President Thein Sein, Southeast Asian, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Corp, Thailand, Tokyo, Vol 32 No 23 | June 1 - June 7, YANGON

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

Myanmar president frees prisoners ahead of visit to US

May 25, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s president pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on May 17, just ahead of a historic state visit to the United States that will highlight the two sides’ improved relations brought about by the former pariah nation’s democratic reforms.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2010, 2013, Ba Myo Thein, Barack Obama, Burma, European Union, Last November, Myanmar, President Thein Sein, Southeast Asian, United States, Vol 32 No 22 | May 25 - May 31, White House, YANGON, Ye Aung, Zaw Htay

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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