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What do ties with China mean for Myanmar?

"Weunderstandeachother,supporteachother,andcoordinatewitheachotheronissuesofeachother'scoreinterestsandmajorconcerns,"ChinesePresidentXiJinpingsaidinameetingwit

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Myanmar accuses media of exaggeration over Rohingya

Myanmar'scommander-in-chiefMinAungHlaingonThursdayclaimedthemediahas"exaggerated"thenumberofRohingyarefugeesfleeinganarmycrackdown.Over500,000Rohingyaarethought

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Rally held in Myanmar to show support in handling northern state issue

ResidentsinMyanmar'sYangoncityhavestagedarallytoshowsupportforStateCounselorAungSanSuuKyiinherhandlingoftheissueofnorthernRakhinestate.Showingtheirsolidaritywit

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Oxford college removes painting of Aung San Suu Kyi from display

TheOxfordcollegewhereAungSanSuuKyistudiedasanundergraduatehasremovedherportraitfrompublicdisplayandplaceditinstorage,inamovethatfollowsinternationalcriticismove

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN general assembly

MyanmarStateCounselorAungSanSuuKyihascancelledherplannedattendanceandspeechatthe72ndUnitedNationsGeneralAssembly(UNGA),accordingtoDirector-GeneralofthePresident

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Wanted mediamen submit to Myanmar police

​Two wanted media men of Myanmar's local Eleven Media Group had submitted themselves to the police and were remanded at a township court in Yangon Friday after they failed to appear in the police station as summoned, official media reported Saturday.

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Myanmar holds historic peace talks with ethnic groups

Hundreds of representatives of Myanmar's ethnic tribes gathered Wednesday in the country's capital for historic peace talks with the government aimed at ending decades of separatist insurgencies that have claimed thousands of lives.

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Aung San Suu Kyi's upcoming visit to China set to promote bilateral ties: NLD

Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's upcoming visit to China will further promote Myanmar- China relations, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has said.

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Martyrs' day marked as historically significant this year in Myanmar

Myanmar government leaders and high ranking officials were commemorating fallen national independence heroes including General Aung San and eight others who were assassinated in 1947 during their struggle to regain the country's independence from the British colonial rule on Tuesday, a sunny morning.

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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's parliament approves appointment of minister of state counselor's office

Myanmar's Union Parliament Monday approved the appointment of retired permanent representative to the United Nations U Kyaw Tint Swe as Minister of the Office of the State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Aung San Suu Kyi calls on NLD MPs to cooperate in parliamentary affairs

Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), Monday urged NLD MPs to cooperate faithfully in parliamentary affairs.

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Myanmar's parliament announces nominees of cabinet members including Aung San Suu Kyi

​Myanmar's Union Parliament on Tuesday announced 18 nominees of ministers including Aung San Suu Kyi submitted by president-elect U Htin Kyaw.

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Aung San Suu Kyi appointed as committee chair in Myanmar's lower house

Myanmar's Parliament of Representatives (Lower House) has appointed Aung San Suu Kyi as chairperson of the Joint Coordination Committee for Development of Parliamentary Affairs, according to the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) on Thursday.

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China-Myanmar ties remain promising with election of new president

​The fundamentals of friendly relations between China and Myanmar will remain unchanged after Myanmar's new leadership comes to power.

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Amid transition, Myanmar's army chief Min Aung Hlaing emerges from the shadows

​Like many of his generation, the head of Myanmar's powerful military is a recent but enthusiastic convert to Facebook.On his profile background picture, the commander-in-chief gives a "thumbs up" from the cockpit of an airplane. Posts show him celebrating new year in a traditional boar tusk headdress and visiting wounded soldiers.

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Aung San Suu Kyi, military chief meet for power transition

Leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi met with Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday for the third time on rule of law and continued undertakings for lasting peace.