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NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - A Myanmar state-run newspaper on Saturday corrected a report that a U.N. settlement programme, UN-Habitat, had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in the west of the country, where an army…
UPDATE 1-Myanmar to charge journalists on assignment for Turkish state TV- officials
By Shoon Naing and Wa Lone
NAYPYITAW/YANGON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Myanmar police said on Saturday they were preparing to charge journalists working for Turkey's state broadcaster TRT, their local interpreter and driver for bringing a drone…
Myanmar, Bangladesh agree to cooperate on Rohingya refugee repatriation
By Shoon Naing
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Myanmar and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to cooperate on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and took steps to boost border security as relations between the neighbours have been strained by the…
Fire destroys landmark hotel in Myanmar’s largest city
YANGON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - One person was injured in a massive fire that destroyed one of Yangon's best-known hotels on Thursday, sending clouds of dark smoke billowing over the centre of Myanmar's largest city and triggering an hours-long…
Myanmar takes first step to ease Buddhist-Muslim tension
By Shoon Naing YANGON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Myanmar on Tuesday launched its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some…
Myanmar Rohingya Face “Textbook Example of Ethnic Cleansing”
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage--Rohingya refugees arriving on a beach in the Teknaf area on fishing boats. The voyage from northern Rakhine state took five hours in rough waters in the Bay of Bengal during the monsoon season. Most were…