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The vessel carrying 56 people was intercepted by Malaysian maritime authorities near the northwestern island of Langkawi (Photo: AFP)

Dozens of Rohingyas reach Malaysian shores as Thailand closes doors

Many Rohingyas ended up in Muslim-majority Malaysia and Indonesia because Thailand stuck to a policy of not accepting...

3 April 2018 6:36 PM IST

$\They have softened their stance. They have invited me for a visit. These are good initiatives,\ BDNews24 quoted Momen as saying on Sunday. (Photo: ANI)$ World

Post ICJ hearing, Myanmar has 'softened' stance, says Bangladesh...

Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a repatriation deal two years ago, but virtually no refugees have been returned to date.

16 Dec 2019 1:48 PM IST

Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi, right, speaks during the Asia Europe Foreign Ministers (ASEM) meeting at Myanmar International Convention Centre Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

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Myanmar's Aung Suu Kyi denies 'genocidal intent' in Rohingya case in...

'Regrettably The Gambia has placed before the court a misleading and incomplete picture of the situation in Rakhine...

12 Dec 2019 10:47 AM IST

This file picture shows Myanmars Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel speech during the Nobel ceremony in Oslo. (Photo: AFP)

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Leader Aung Suu Kyi faces Rohingya genocide hearings at The Hague

Office of Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel peace prize laureate, has said she will lead her country's...

6 Dec 2019 3:29 PM IST

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane and Harsh V Shringla, Foreign Secretary along with Saurabh Kumar called on State Counsellor H.E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. (Via Indian Embassy in Myanmar)

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Sunanda K Datta Ray | Tackle Xi in Myanmar but don't forget the...

The electoral outcome is bound to leave a heavy imprint on Myanmar's place on the chequerboard of Asia's power politics

12 Oct 2020 11:21 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyis National League for Democracy won enough seats in Parliament to return to power for a second five-year term (AFP Photo)

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Official Myanmar vote count affirms Suu Kyi's party control By Pyae...

The NLD won 346 seats in the combined lower and upper houses of the legislature, far above the 322 needed to secure a...

13 Nov 2020 1:02 PM IST

Myanmars State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives to cast an advance vote at a polling station in Naypyidaw on October 29, 2020. (AFP)

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A look at Myanmar's election and Suu Kyi's expected victory

Suu Kyi's party has lost the cooperation of many ethnic minority parties, which are popular in their border-area...

7 Nov 2020 3:22 PM IST

As state counsellor, Suu Kyi does not oversee the military, but she has repeatedly denied accusations that the army committed genocide against the Rohingya.(AFP)

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EU Parliament suspends Suu Kyi from Sakharov Prize community over...

A long-time political prisoner before coming to power, Suu Kyi was once admired for her non-violent struggle against...

11 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

Protesters hold portraits of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an anti-coup demonstration in Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo: AP)

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Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years

The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being prosecuted

6 Dec 2021 11:57 AM IST

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day since last months military coup. (AP)

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Thousands flee into Thailand following Myanmar air strikes

The Security Council is likely to hold closed consultations on the escalating situation in Myanmar, UN diplomats said...

29 March 2021 11:35 AM IST

An anti-coup protester discharges a fire extinguisher to counter the impact of the tear gas fired by police during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, March 8, 2021. Large protests have occurred daily across many cities and towns in Myanmar. (AP)

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Myanmar protesters defy curfew; media outlets ordered shut

Large-scale protests have occurred daily in many cities and towns since Myanmar's military seized power

9 March 2021 12:16 PM IST

A picture of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as Myanmar migrants living in Thailand hold hands during a memorial in Bangkok on March 4, 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against the military coup in their homeland. (Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

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Karan Thapar | The tragedy of Suu Kyi: Almost Shakespearean

So, like Shakespeare's tragic heroes, she may well ask if the price she paid for achieving her ambition was worth it?

5 March 2021 7:31 AM IST