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    Outgoing UN human rights chief keeps Burma on notice
    June 19, 2018in Human Rights, International Relations, Lead Story, News7216by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Outgoing UN human rights chief keeps Burma on notice

    The outgoing UN human rights chief kept Burma under the microscope in parting remarks to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, noting the government’s failure to cooperate with multiple…

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    Imprisoned Reuters duo honoured by US press freedom group
    May 24, 2018in Lead Story, Media, News728by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Imprisoned Reuters duo honoured by US press freedom group

    Two Burmese journalists for Reuters were honoured in absentia with the PEN America 2018 Barbey Freedom to Write Award on Tuesday in New York, as they remain behind bars more…

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    Burma, world Islamic bloc spar over Rakhine
    May 10, 2018in International Relations, Lead Story, News231by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Burma, world Islamic bloc spar over Rakhine

    Burma’s perennially contentious relationship with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation moved no closer toward amicability this week as the two sides traded barbs over the situation in Rakhine State, where…

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    Leeds United’s Burma football tour causes stir over ethics, optics
    April 26, 2018in International Relations, Lead Story, News, Sport673by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Leeds United’s Burma football tour causes stir over ethics, optics

    The English football club Leeds United may be kicking itself this week after its boisterous announcement that it will be bringing the squad to Burma next month was met with…

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    Win Myint elected president of Burma as uncertainty reigns
    March 28, 2018in Lead Story, News, Politics726by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Win Myint elected president of Burma as uncertainty reigns

    Parliament on Wednesday voted for Win Myint as president, a National League for Democracy stalwart who will now serve, ostensibly, as Burma’s most powerful civilian leader. 

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    Lower House votes Win Myint for VP; election to presidency seen as likely
    March 23, 2018in Lead Story, News, Politics237by ANDREW D. KASPAR
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    Lower House votes Win Myint for VP; election to presidency seen as likely

    Elected MPs in the Lower House on Friday selected Win Myint, the chamber’s former speaker, as its pick for vice president and concurrently its presidential nominee, in a landslide vote…

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