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    Military land grabs leave farmers in despair

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    Farmers in Dalla township are forced to relocate after the Burmese military confiscated 500 acres of land to make way for a naval storage base.

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    Miss Universe winner ‘feels like a soldier’

    Burma has crowned a Miss Universe contestant for the first time in over 50 years.

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    New showrooms race ahead as old car dealers go bust

    New import laws in Burma have led to a drop in car prices that has made cars affordable for ordinary people, but it is also putting former car dealers out of business.

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    LGBT community uses Nat Festival to let their hair down video

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    LGBT community uses Nat Festival to let their hair down

    Burma’s largest spirit festival has become a rare opportunity for the LGBT community to dress and act freely.

    1988: Forgive and forget? video

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    1988: Forgive and forget?

    Twenty-five years after the bloody military crackdown on protestors in Burma, activists are asking whether it’s time to forgive and forget.

    Rising Buddhist extremism in Burma video

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    Rising Buddhist extremism in Burma

    The Buddhist nationalist movement known as 969 has spread rapidly throughout Burma but its founder, Sada Ma, insists the movement is one of peace.

    The monk who heals bones video

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    The monk who heals bones

    BY ALI FOWLE Traditional medicine is thriving in Burma despite recent reforms in the country’s health care system. This year the health ministry increased spending on public health, bringing more[…]

    Activists speak out against arrest warrant video

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    Activists speak out against arrest warrant

    BY ALI FOWLE Three activists facing arrest have spoken out about the charges brought against them in a press conference in Rangoon. They are being charged for inciting unrest over[…]

    Foreigners struggle to find housing in Rangoon video

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    Foreigners struggle to find housing in Rangoon

    By ALI FOWLE Foreigners settling in Rangoon are struggling to find places to live due to archaic laws still in place in the country. As Burma opens up to international[…]

    Land grabbing ahead of SEA Games video

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    Land grabbing ahead of SEA Games

    By ALI FOWLE In the run up to the South East Asian Games, due to be held in Burma at the end of this year, locals in Irrawaddy division are being[…]

    Pascal Khoo Thwe: Returning to Burma video

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    Pascal Khoo Thwe: Returning to Burma

    Pascal Khoo Thwe is an award-winning author from Shan state who recently returned to Burma after being in exile for 24 years. He spoke to Ali Fowle about the changes[…]

    The battle over the heritage buildings of Rangoon video

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    The battle over the heritage buildings of Rangoon

    The downtown area of Rangoon is well known for its iconic colonial architecture. But recent developments in the country mean century old buildings are demolished to make way for modern[…]

    Positivity in parliament despite Suu Kyi absence video

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    Positivity in parliament despite Suu Kyi absence

    MPs returned to Parliament in Burma’s capital Naypyidaw

    Celebrations as NLD claim election victory video

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    Celebrations as NLD claim election victory

    A feeling of elation has swept Rangoon as people celebrate Aung San Suu Kyi’s momentous victory in Sunday’s by-election. The iconic opposition leader has won the vote in her constituency,[…]

    Aung San Suu Kyi greets voters video

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    Aung San Suu Kyi greets voters

    Aung San Suu Kyi visited polling stations to greet voters on Sunday. The NLD leader is contesting a seat in Rangoon division’s Kawhmu township, where support for her is high.

    By-elections run up video

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    By-elections run up

    After months of campaigning, on Sunday national elections will be held for the third time in just 50 years as the country appears to be transitioning out of a military[…]

    Big decisions for Burma video

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    Big decisions for Burma

    The National League for Democracy (NLD), Burma’s opposition party, lead by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, has announced that they will re register as a political party[…]

    Suu Kyi reflects on the past year video

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    Suu Kyi reflects on the past year

    Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) held a press conference at the NLD headquarters in Rangoon, to share her assessment of the past[…]

    Flood-hit migrants extorted and abandoned video

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    Flood-hit migrants extorted and abandoned

    Burmese migrant workers fleeing floodwaters in Thailand are facing arrest, extortion and discrimination at the hands of Thai authorities. Tens of thousands of migrants are thought to have been affected[…]

    Revisiting the 2010 elections video

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    Revisiting the 2010 elections

    A year ago Burma’s military rulers held the country’s first elections in two decades. Despite widespread international criticism over the legitimacy of the polls, the generals sought to convince the[…]

    Floods leave wake of destruction video

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    Floods leave wake of destruction

    Hundreds of people are thought to be dead or missing after severe flooding in central Burma. As floodwaters disperse the scale of the destruction in Burma’s Magwe division is becoming[…]

    Over 200 Political Prisoners walk free video

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    Over 200 Political Prisoners walk free

    War atrocities in Kachin state video

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    War atrocities in Kachin state

    Serious atrocities against the ethnic Kachin, committed by the Burmese Army, have been revealed in a report launched by the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand. The report, named Burma’s Covered[…]

    Saffron anniversary peace walk calls for change video

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    Saffron anniversary peace walk calls for change

    A candlelit peace walk was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Tuesday 27 September to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the violent suppression of peaceful monk-led protests in Burma, known[…]

    New US Envoy’s first visit to Burma video

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    New US Envoy’s first visit to Burma

    New U.S. envoy to Burma, Derek Mitchell has spoken positively of his visit to Burma, describing talks with government officials as beneficial. On Wednesday, in a press conference held at[…]

    Protest for the release of jailed journalist Hla Hla win video

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    Protest for the release of jailed journalist Hla Hla win

    The Free Burma VJ campaign on 9 September protested in front of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok to call for the release of jailed Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) video-journalist[…]

    Teaser for Aung San Suu Kyi movie: The Lady video

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    Teaser for Aung San Suu Kyi movie: The Lady

    Luc Besson’s The Lady will be premiering later this year at the Toronto Film Festival. Leading lady, Aung San Suu Kyi, is played by Michelle Yeoh, and starring opposite her[…]

    Signs of change evoke mixed reactions video

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    Signs of change evoke mixed reactions

    Signs of seemingly positive change in Burma are being met with mixed reactions inside the country and around the world. Friday August 19 saw a long awaited meeting between NLD[…]

    Displaced in Shan state face humanitarian crisis video

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    Displaced in Shan state face humanitarian crisis

    Recent attacks by the Burmese Army on the Shan State Army North have caused over 30,000 people in Shan state to flee their homes. With little access to basic supplies,[…]

    Remembering 8.8.88 23 years on video

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    Remembering 8.8.88 23 years on

    Home and Away, Past and Present:  Remembering 8.8.88 23 years on Events commemorating the anniversary of the 1988 uprisings in Burma have been held across the world.  In Rangoon, a[…]

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