YANGON, Myanmar — Pope Francis opened a diplomatically fraught trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh on Monday by immediately diving into the crisis over Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims: He […]
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Rohingya Muslims Are Being Wiped Off Myanmar’s Map
YANGON, Myanmar — For generations, Rohingya Muslims have called Myanmar home. Now, in what appears to be a systematic purge, the minority ethnic group is being wiped off the […]
Myanmar is open for business: US lifts sanctions
With U.S. sanctions on Myanmar ending on Friday following Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to the White House last month, the country has been opened to more business opportunities […]
US to lift sanctions on Myanmar after Suu Kyi visit
President Barack Obama said Wednesday the U.S. will lift sanctions on Myanmar after a visit from the South Asian nation’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. This is […]
Dethroned Myanmar Beauty Queen Refuses to Return Tiara Until Pageant Apologizes
by REERA YOO Last week, Miss Asia Pacific World dethroned Myanmar’s first international beauty Queen, May Myat Noe, for alleged dishonesty and accused her of absconding with a $100,000 […]
Dethroned Myanmar Beauty Queen Accused of Stealing $100,000 Tiara
by REERA YOO May Myat Noe, winner of Miss Asia Pacific World 2014 and Myanmar’s first international beauty queen, has absconded with her $100,000 crown after being stripped of […]
