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    Tagged: armed forces

    Arakan Law Lead Story Military News

    NLD official charged under telecoms law

    Senior NLD official Myo Yan Naung Thein faces charges after posting remarks critical of the army’s defense of Burma’s borders on Facebook.

    Kachin Lead Story Military News

    Myitkyina student shot dead after argument at army checkpoint

    A serviceman from the Burmese armed forces has shot and killed an 18-year-old university student in Myitkyina.

    Accidents Lead Story Military News

    Three dead in Pegu helicopter crash

    All three crew members aboard a Burmese Air Force helicopter were killed when it crashed in the Pegu Division town of Daik-U on Tuesday.

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    Former junta’s soldiers face an uncertain future

    Amid rapid economic and social reforms that began in 2011, the cost of years of conflict on the lives of those who did the fighting is slowly being revealed.

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    ‘Herculean’ effort needed to rebuild country, says Suu Kyi

    In her first Burmese New Year’s speech as head of the new NLD-led government, Aung San Suu Kyi called for cooperation from the country’s people.

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    There should be no ‘great wall’ between army, civilians, says president

    Speaking at a gathering to mark Thingyan, President Htin Kyaw also called for an end to politically-motivated charges against dissidents.

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    Military appointees complain of ‘democratic bullying’ in parliament

    Military members of Burma’s lower house of parliament failed on Tuesday to block a bill that would give National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi a powerful[…]

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    10 pct cut in world military spending could eliminate poverty: think tank

    A Stockholm-based think tank said military spending came to 2.3 percent of global GDP — a tenth of which would be enough to end poverty and hunger by 2030.

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    Swollen Rangoon slums at breaking point

    Burma’s cities are attracting an increasing number of rural poor, but efforts to provide them with affordable housing are falling short.

    The PLA have been practicing live fire drills along the Sino-Burmese border. (PHOTO: ChinMil.com.cn).

    Foreign Affairs Interview Lead Story Military News

    Chinese military show of force ‘nothing to worry about’

    DVB discusses China’s live fire exercise near the Chinese-Burmese border with Dr Hla Kyaw Zaw, who says there is nothing sinister about the drills.

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