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    International Relations Lead Story News

    UK’s Johnson visits Burma, says democratic transition not yet complete

    British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who arrived in Burma on Friday, said the former British colony’s transition to democracy was not yet complete but that Britain would offer its full support as a friend.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Koh Tao police report ‘inconclusive and unreliable’: Andy Hall

    Migrant rights advocate Andy Hall testified to a Thai court on Wednesday, on behalf of two Burmese men accused of rape and murder on the island of Koh Tao.

    Law Lead Story News

    Authoritarian policing and the colonial hangover

    Human rights advocates and opposition lawmakers say Burma’s current government has done little to reform colonial-era criminal laws that curtail civil liberties.

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    VDO: Seventy years since Rangoon reclaimed video

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    VDO: Seventy years since Rangoon reclaimed

    On 3 May 1945, allied troops reclaimed Rangoon for the British Empire, after three years of Japanese occupation.

    Mahasantisukha monks appear in Supreme Court video

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    Mahasantisukha monks appear in Supreme Court

    Four monks facing charges of defaming religion and insubordination to the state monastic council appeared in Burma’s Supreme Court on Thursday.

    Classic cars on the road to Mandalay video

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    Classic cars on the road to Mandalay

    70 antique cars set off from Singapore this month and have passed through Malaysia and Thailand, en route to Mandalay.

    Burma celebrates the life of Aung San video

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    Burma celebrates the life of Aung San

    A small, dusty town in central Burma became the focus of the country on Friday, as thousands descended on the Magwe town of Nat Mauk, the birthplace of Aung San.

    Staging the life of Aung San video

    Culture Lead Story News Video

    Staging the life of Aung San

    To celebrate what would be the one hundredth birthday of Burmese independence hero Aung San, a Rangoon theatre troop will stage a ‘poetic opera’

    Lead Story News Travel & Tourism

    Koh Tao tourist death not rape: Thai police

    Autopsy finds no evidence of violence in the death of British woman found dead in Koh Tao on 19 January.

    Crime Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    Thai PM accepts help from UK detectives in Koh Tao case

    Thailand’s government will allow British detectives to help investigate the case involving the murder of two British citizens on Koh Tao island.

    Bullet Points: 26 August 2014 video

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    Bullet Points: 26 August 2014

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    Lead Story News Politics

    Former British PM accused of secret ‘advisory role’ in Burma

    Lobby group Burma Campaign UK has accused former British Prime Minister Tony Blair of playing a secretive “advisory role” to Burmese President Thein Sein

    Politics

    UK approves US$5 million in arms export deals to Burma

    The British government has approved arms export licences worth over US$5 million (£3.3 million) to Burma, even though it is considered a country of “serious human rights” concern and continues to be the subject of an EU arms embargo

    Analysis

    The wrong Hague

    After years of pushing for an end to human rights violations in Burma, the British government is likely to centre their discussions with President Thein Sein this week around economic and trade issues

    Analysis

    Britain balancing hope and scepticism in Burma

    William Hague’s cautioning on Burma sets Britain apart from other European countries who have breathlessly endorsed the new government, somewhat naively

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    UK says microfinance key to Burma’s growth

    Aid package will allocate £10 million to establishing microfinance schemes in the border regions that UK says will see quick results

    News Politics

    Hague rewards Burma thaw with aid boost

    British Foreign Secretary arrives today with pledge for aid to Kachin refugees and to boost microfinance initiatives to Burma’s poor

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