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Day: September 22, 2016
Burma ratifies CTBT, 20 years after signing treaty
Burma and the southern African nation of Swaziland on Wednesday became the latest countries to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
Shan, Ta’ang friendships strained over ethnic conflict
Kyaukme has been for many years a peaceful town, its ethnic Shan and Ta’ang residents co-existing in relative harmony. But armed conflict is threatening to tear the communities apart.
A sordid case of enslavement and torture at a Rangoon tailor shop
The four detained suspects are all members of one family that operated the Ava Tailors garment shop in the heart of Rangoon’s old colonial quarter.
Microsoft unveils country office in Rangoon
Leading software maker Microsoft opens an office in Rangoon, hoping to expand its presence in a country with one of the highest rates of smartphone penetration in the region.
Suu Kyi defends stance on Rohingya in UN address
In her first address to the UN General Assembly as national leader, Aung San Suu Kyi defended her government’s efforts to resolve a crisis over treatment of the country’s Muslim…