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Leadership Change in Myanmar: Military Chief Assumes Acting Presidency

By Taylor Morgan - Aug 12, 2024 06:35 PM EDT

Power Shift in Myanmar: Military Chief Min Aung Hlaing Steps Up as Acting President Amid Ongoing Turmoil. With the acting president on medical leave, Myanmar's junta leader takes the helm, raising questions about the country's political future and stability

Myanmar's New Democratic Parliament Chooses First Civilian President

By R. Siva Kumar - Mar 15, 2016 08:17 PM EDT

Htin Kyaw, Aung San Suu Kyi's adviser, has been chosen President of the first civilian government in the new democratic Parliament of Myanmar after 50 years.

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi-led NLD to Form New Burmese Government after Decades of Military Rule

By Jenn Loro - Feb 02, 2016 08:08 AM EST

Nobel Peace laureate Aung Suu Kyi and her NLD allies are in position to form the first democratically elected government since 1962 after historic November elections.

Burma detains Chinese dissident's son

By David Allen - Oct 11, 2015 12:08 PM EDT

Burmese police have detained the teenaged son of a prominent Chinese dissident, apparently while the youth was trying to defect to the United States.

4 Chinese Killed, 9 Injured in Airstrike on Yunnan Province

By Dustin M Braden - Mar 14, 2015 10:46 AM EDT

The Chinese government has reacted strongly after a warplane from Myanmar killed four Chinese citizens on the Chinese side of the border.

Drug-resistant malaria spreads through South East Asia

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 31, 2014 06:54 PM EDT

Health officials are deeply concerned about a strain of drug-resistant malaria that has appeared throughout South East Asia.

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