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Myanmar quietly announces plans to study controversial Chinese dam project suspended 13 years ago
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 months agoMyanmar’s military government appears to be considering reviving a massive China-backed...
Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoA prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority...
Myanmar's ousted leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat, military says
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoMyanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a...
In northern Myanmar, Kachin rebels claim attacks on army outposts as offensive gathers pace
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 months agoA rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin said its troops on Thursday attacked more than 10 army outposts along the main road to the state capital of Myitkyina, increasing the pressure ...
Ethnic armed group battling Myanmar's military claims to have shot down an army helicopter
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 months agoAn ethnic minority armed group that is battling Myanmar’s military government said they shot down a helicopter believed to be on a resupply mission in a combat zone in the northern state of ...
Russell Hamler, thought to be the last of WWII Merrill's Marauders jungle-fighting unit, dies at 99
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 months agoThe reputed last member of the famed American jungle fighting unit in World War II nicknamed the Merrill’s Marauders has died. Russell Hamler, 99, died on Tuesday, his son Jeffrey said. Hamler ...