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Judicial report cites Thai court’s failings in Koh Tao murder trial
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar migrant workers, who are accused of the killing two two British tourists, Zaw Lin (R) and Wai Phyo (L) are escorted by a Thai police officer after they were...
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Gunmen kidnap Malaysian ship crew, free Myanmar, Indonesian nationals
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThe gunmen released the Myanmar and Indonesian crew members. Photo: Nippon FoundationGunmen on a speedboat have kidnapped four Malaysians from a ship off the east coast of...
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Macau promotes Chinese expats as a willing labor force
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalMacau Myanmar Friendship Association (MMFA) delegation group visiting Bagan. Photo: Macau Myanmar FriendshipThe Macau Myanmar Friendship Association (MMFA) has organized a...
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Live beetle smugglers apprehended at China-Myanmar border
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalSmuggling dung beetles. Photo: EPADung beetles, a local delicacy in China, intercepted by Chinese border authorities in Yunnan Province in southwest China last week, posed...
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Chinese foreign minister visiting Myanmar
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalChinese Foreign Minister Mr Wang Yi arrives at the airport to be greeted by the Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar. Photo: Min Min/MizzimaThe Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi...
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Vietnam Prime Minister sworn in by lawmakers
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalNguyen Xuan Phuc (C, front) takes the oath of office after being elected new Prime Minister by Vietnam's Parliament, in Hanoi, Vietnam, 07 April 2016. Photo: EPAVietnam's new...
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Asian nations seeking closer US ties over China: Pentagon
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA handout photo released by the US Navy shows USS Theodore Roosevelt in the background as US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter flies in a V-22 Osprey after visiting the aircraft...
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Singapore and Myanmar mark 50 years of diplomatic relations
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalSingaporean Ambassador to Myanmar Robert Chua at a workshop on businesses and poverty alleviation on 23 August, 2012. Photo: MizzimaSingapore and Myanmar will mark 50 years...
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Migrant workers from Myanmar given fee exemption to return home from Thailand
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar migrant labourers carrying baskets of salt to load into a truck after the harvest at a salt farm in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, 05 April 2016. Photo: Rungroj...
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Thai festival kicks off despite junta call to water down party
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalLocal Thais and tourists play with water as they join the annual Songkran Festival celebration in Silom Bangkok, Thailand, 13 April 2016. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPAThais and...
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Strong quake in southwestern Japan kills nine, topples homes
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA handout shakemap provided by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on 14 April 2016 of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake (indicated by a star, C) detected in Kumamoto prefecture, southern...
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New Japan quake kills seven, with widespread damage reported
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA collapsed house on a street in Mashiki town, where an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale was registered, and intensity seven on the Japan Meteorological Agency...
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China lands first military plane on disputed reef: state media
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalFiery Cross Reef. Photo: CSIS/AMTIBeijing landed a military plane on a disputed South China Sea reef it has built up into an artificial island, officials said Monday, in the...
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Philippines’ Ferdinand Marcos Jnr defiant on father’s legacy
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalFilipino Senator Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (C), who is running for vice president, waves to supporters during a political campaign rally in a Muslim community in Manila,...
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Malaysian arrested in Thailand with half-tonne of cannabis
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalAceh Anti-Drug Police destroy cannabis plants were found in the illegal marijuana fields at the foot of Seulawah Mountai , Aceh Besar, Sumatera , Indonesia 10 October 2013....
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New Laos leaders take office as communists welcome world
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalThe first Plenary Session of the National Assembly (NA)’s eighth legislature was officially held in Vientiane yesterday and appointed the NA’s body and government officials to...
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340 Rohingya Muslims deported to Myanmar by Bangladesh this month
MizzimaCategory: NewsRegionalMyanmar-Bangladesh Border. Photo: NarinjaraBangladesh’s border guard this month deported at least 340 Muslim Myanmar nationals – more commonly known as Rohingyas – without...
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A year on, millions of Nepal quake survivors wait for aid
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalA mother carries her son on a basket after a snowfall outside the shelter for earthquake victims in Gupsipakha, Laprak, Gorkha district, Nepal, 17 January 2016. Photo: EPAA...
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Chemical blast rocks eastern Chinese city
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalChemical plant fire. Photo: People's Daily,China /TwitterA warehouse storing chemicals and fuel exploded and caught fire in the eastern Chinese city of Jingjiang on Friday,...
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At least 5 killed by storms in southern China: state media
AFPCategory: NewsRegionalCity of Foshan in Guangdong Province, China. Photo: sanshui_pig/PanoramioAt least five people have been killed and dozens injured by storms raging in southwestern China that...
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