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With his rule, Ne Win brought significant isolationism to Burma, shutting its doors to the outside world, including Israel to a degree, whose relations waned to just military arms trade. Even so, the Embassy of Israel in Yangon and Embassy of Myanmar in Tel Aviv remained open, and Israeli officials continued to make occasional visits to Burma.
A former minister whose family left Myanmar for Britain has added his voice to growing calls for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, who is imprisoned by the dictatorship there.. Paul Scully said her ...
The UN has expressed concerns about the ongoing "heavy fighting" between the military and armed resistance groups in Myanmar‘s northern region which displaced more than 30,000 people.. The ...
Three of the NCA signatories, All Burma Students' Democratic Front, Chin National Front and Karen National Union boycotted the anniversary. [28] 21 October - The Tatmadaw conducts airstrikes and deploys additional troops in response to the Kachin Independence Army's attacks near the China–Myanmar border in Mu Se District and Laiza, Kachin ...
It is regarded as one of the foremost journalistic publications dealing with political, social, economic and cultural developments in Burma. In addition to news, it features in-depth political analysis and interviews with a wide range of Burma experts, business leaders, democracy activists and other influential figures.
I was working as a journalist in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, when the military seized power. That was on February 1, 2021, and everything changed overnight. Only three months before, the ...
It also represented Israel in Laos from 1956 to 1964, Cambodia from 1959 [4] to 1966, [5] Ceylon starting in 1957, and in the Maldives at some point. Despite the transfer of the capital of Myanmar from Yangon to Nay Pyi Taw in 2005, most of the diplomatic missions in Myanmar have not moved there, and the embassy is still located in Yangon.
Ms Suu Kyi, who studied at Oxford, married British lecturer Michael Aris and raised her young family in the UK before going back to Myanmar in 1988, has been held since the military seized power ...