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Myanmar - on a UK Foreign Office blacklist - may have been a recipient of UK-supplied riot control equipment, according to a UK newspaper report. Here Kosovo police officers fire tear gas during clashes at a demonstration in Pristina, Kosovo, January 27, 2015. Photo: EPA
Myanmar on the UK ‘blacklist’ for riot control gear
The UK government has approved the sale of £16 million [K16 billion] of crowd-control and anti-riot equipment, including tear gas and rubber bullets...
Police moved in to beat and arrest student protesters at Aung Myay Man Buddhist Monastery, Letpadan, Bago Region on March 10, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
Police beat students in protest crackdown
Letpadan - Baton-wielding Myanmar police beat student activists March 10 as they broke up another protest for education reform, according to a...
The former Chief Minister of the Mizoram State of India Pu Zoramthanga meets with Myanmar Peace Center officials in Yangon in January 2015. Photo: Myanmar Peace Center
India to play role in Myanmar ethnic peace process
As Myanmar gears up to host a visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May, New Delhi looks set to play an official role in talks between Nay...
QNET Director Mr Krishna Kumar, (L) signs the agreement with local partner, QNET Agent U Kyi Min Han (R) on March 9, 2015. Photo: QNET
Direct selling company enters Myanmar
Asian company QNET, part of an estimated US$178 billion [K178,000 billion] global direct selling industry, has entered the direct selling sector in...
Students and monks protest at Letpadan, Bago region on March 9, 2015. Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
Authorities tighten security at Letpadan protest site
Letpadan – The police cordon around student protesters in Letpadan has been tightened, preventing them leaving to travel to Yangon and adding...
UNODC Executive Director Fedotov addressing Special Segment of CND at the 58th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna Austria on March. 9, 2015. Photo: ungass2016/Twitter
Drug trafficking challenges probed at UN meet
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs began meeting on March 9 in Vienna, where the policy-making body will tackle challenges ranging from...
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Taiwan seeks Myanmar workers
Taiwan is seeking to bring in migrant workers from Myanmar to resolve labour shortages in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, reports CNA on...
Ooredoo Myanmar wins women’s empowerment award
Myat Hnin Phyu ,Senior Manager of Digital Services with the award. Photo: Ooredoo Ooredoo Myanmar has announced it was awarded the GSMA’s “Connected...
Questions have been raised about the visits of the former UK prime minister to Myanmar. Mr Tony Blair (R), former Prime Minister of United Kingdom, shows a thumb up as he walks out of the 22nd World Economic Forum in Nay Pyi Taw  2013. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
Speculation over former UK PM’s ‘advisory role’ in Myanmar
Twitter and Facebook generated some buzz during the last few days over speculation regarding former UK PM Tony Blair’s recent appearance in Nay Pyi...
A Myanmar policeman stands guard at the border guard force camp at the Myanmar-Bangladesh border fence in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar, June 7, 2014. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
Bangladesh detains trafficked migrants from Myanmar
The members of Border Guard of Bangladesh have detained 108 Rohingya migrants, who entered Bangladesh illegally through the Balukhali border of Ukhia...

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