Tag: Myanmar
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Suu Kyi tries to save face with Myanmar reporters’ release
Observers say the unexpected release of the two Reuters reporters was a political decision timed to save face for the country's civilian leader, after a vigorous international campaign that saw Amal Clooney join their legal team.
May 9, 2019 -
Asia News Network welcomes release of Reuters journalists by Myanmar
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were sentenced to seven years in jail in September 2018 under the Official Secrets Act, were released after a presidential amnesty
May 8, 2019 -
Two Reuters journalists freed from Myanmar prison reunite with families
Reuters editor-in-chief Stephen Adler said: "We are enormously pleased that Myanmar has released our courageous reporters".
May 7, 2019 -
Rohingya massacre: Reuters journalists freed from Myanmar prison after 500 days
Locked up since 2017, the journalists, who received this year's Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, were freed on Tuesday morning after they received a presidential pardon earlier this week
May 7, 2019 -
Sick competition
It is an accepted reality that since no “victim” will ever admit to have suffered a military setback, assessments of success or failure will always be one-sided.
May 5, 2019 -
Cruellest Irony
The Supreme Court in Yangon has played to the gallery of the junta ~ and at a pinch, the diplomatically evasive Aung San Suu Kyi as well ~ by rejecting the final appeal of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
April 27, 2019 -
Farce in Thailand
The report of the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is a severe indictment of the process ~ “international standards for free and fair elections had not been met in Thailand, both in the buildup to the poll and on election day itself, as well as in the continuing fallout from the ballot count”.
March 28, 2019 -
Thailand’s tryst with post-military rule
Back to today’s Thailand. When the Thai military rulers scripted a constitution in 2017, it was inevitable that they would get inspiration from their neighbour country, and they became cautious too from the Burmese experience.
March 28, 2019 -
Round One to Suu Kyi
Comment on whether her agenda will attain fruition must await the evolution of developments not the least because the military still retains the power to veto constitutional change.
February 27, 2019 -
Myanmar millionaire who changed India
On January 31, two special Vipassana courses were organized at Pancayati Wadi, a rest house in South Bombay, where 50 years ago Sayagyi U Goenka conducted the first Vipassana course in India - after 2,000 years.
February 14, 2019 -
The Other Wall
The world must give it to Prime Minister Begum Hasina that thus far she has been no less accommodating than Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, vis-a-vis the migrants from North Africa and the Arab countries.
February 11, 2019 -
Parlour & the Princess
The reality must be daunting for any contestant, but Princess Ubolratana has accepted the challenge.
February 10, 2019 -
Bangladesh to seek more Indian support to fight Rohingya crisis
India and Bangladesh are likely to ink five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) during the JCC meeting.
February 6, 2019 -
Car rally from New Delhi to Myanmar’s Yangon to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
A car rally commemorating 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary from New Delhi to Myanmar’s former capital Yangon will be flagged off from Rajghat on 4 February.
January 30, 2019 -
Myanmar court to hear Reuters reporters’ appeal on Dec 24
On September 3, a court in Yangon declared the journalists guilty and sentenced them to seven years each in prison
December 10, 2018 -
Now, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey trolled for Myanmar tweets
His latest tweets describing Myanmar as a "beautiful country" where "the people are full of joy" led to accusation that he ignored the plight of the Muslim Rohingya minority in the country.
December 9, 2018 -
President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Myanmar next week, likely to discuss Rohingya issue
Several agreements are expected to be signed during the visit, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
December 4, 2018