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Myanmar's Suu Kyi heads to China with dam project clouding ties

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi is heading to China on Wednesday (Aug 17) for what is likely to be her government's biggest diplomatic test, with the fate of a suspended dam project, backed by China but opposed by many people in Myanmar, in the balance.

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Suu Kyi's China visit: the wider picture

At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will start a five-day visit to China on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

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Premier Li to receive Aung San Suu Kyi

At the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will start a five-day visit to China on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

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138 detained Myanmar nationals in Malaysia set to return home

A total of 138 detained Myanmar nationals in Malaysia have been set to return home next Monday, official sources said Sunday.

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Laos' president to pay official friendship visit to Myanmar

Laos' President Bounnhang Vorachitch will pay an official friendship visit to Myanmar soon, accompanied by Laos' first lady, according to an announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar on Tuesday.

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China ready to be reliable cooperation partner with Myanmar: FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Sunday that China is willing to be the most ideal and reliable partner for cooperation with Myanmar.

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Myanmar suspends logging along mountain range for 10 years

Myanmar forestry authorities have suspended wood logging along Bago Yoma mountain range in the central part of the country for the next 10 years, official reports said on Friday.

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Myanmar minister threatens to shut down monk group that called Suu Kyi a ‘dictator’

Myanmar’s minister for religion on Thursday warned ultranationalist monks to avoid hate speech, in a rare government rebuke to Buddhist hardliners behind bilious anti-Muslim rhetoric.

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Myanmar to take action against rule-breaking fishing during closed season

Myanmar authorities will take action starting this month against rule-breaking fishing vessels in the country's territorial waters during the fishing moratorium season, according to the Department of fisheries Thursday.

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Myanmar’s top monks distance themselves from Buddhist hardliners

The body representing Myanmar’s top monks has distanced itself from Buddhist hardliners behind an incendiary anti-Muslim campaign blamed for a surge in sectarian violence across the country.

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Myanmar works for ensuring refugees' safe return from Thailand

Myanmar government is working for ensuring the return of 105,000 Myanmar refugees taking shelter in Thailand, official media reported Thursday.

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Myanmar, Thailand affirms exemplary ties in region, int'l community

Myanmar and Thailand have voiced affirmation that the two countries will cooperate to show their relations as exemplary not only within the region but also in the international community.

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Myanmar's Yangon railway station project to be launched next year

Myanmar's Yangon 2.2 billion U.S. dollars' Central Railway Station comprehensive development project is expected to be launched in May 2017, official media reported Monday.

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“Have sympathy for us”: Aung San Suu Kyi embraced by migrant Rohingya workers during visit to Thailand

In a demonstration of her popular appeal, Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi received a rapturous welcome on Thursday as she presided over a town hall-type meeting with some of the huge population of migrant workers from her homeland who eke out a living in Thailand.

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In reversal of fortunes, Myanmar’s Suu Kyi courts Thai junta

Aung San Suu Kyi leaves democratically led Myanmar this week for military-ruled Thailand on an official visit that highlights the changing fortunes of the Southeast Asian neighbours.

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Myanmar State Counselor arrives in Thailand on an official visit

Myanmar State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi left Yangon Thursday on a three-day official visit to Thailand at the invitation of Thai Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha, sources with the Foreign Ministry said.

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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi reiterates stance not to use term "Rohingya"

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights on Monday that the government will avoid using the term “Rohingya” to describe a persecuted Muslim minority in the country’s northwest, an official said on Monday.