AvatarNaw Tawng, ChyahkyiThein Sein: Myanmar army to continue key transition roleverified_publisherBBC News - By Jonah FisherMedia caption, Thein Sein: "As we mature in democracy in our country, the role of the military in parliament will reduce gradually" Myanmar's army will continue to play a key role in the move towards greater democracy, the president has said. Speaking to the BBC in the capital Nay Pyi Taw, Thein Sein …
AvatarNaw Tawng, ChyahkyiMyanmar’s Fight With Rebels Creates Refugees and Ill Will With China (Published 2015)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Jane PerlezBEIJING — When rumors spread around the sugar-cane farms in northern Myanmar that the army was advancing, Li Jiapeng and his family packed some clothes, grabbed some cash and joined a long line of people fleeing in cars and on foot. Everyone was heading for safety on the other side of the border in …
AvatarNaw Tawng, ChyahkyiBurmese police crackdown on education bill protesters condemnedverified_publisherThe GuardianBurmese police beat students, monks and journalists with batons and detained about 100 people on Tuesday as they broke up protesters calling for academic freedom who had been locked in a standoff with security forces for more than a week. About 200 students and supporters have been protesting …
AvatarNaw Tawng, ChyahkyiMyanmar police crack down on student protestersverified_publisherAl JazeeraScores of people protesting against education bill arrested in violent clampdown by baton-wielding police in Yangon. At least 16 police officers and eight protesters were hurt when Myanmar police clashed with students, monks and journalists as they broke up protesters calling for academic freedom, …
AvatarNaw Tawng, ChyahkyiMyanmar court sentences 15 to death for 2011 gang murderverified_publisherReuters - Aung Hla TunYANGON (Reuters) - A Myanmar court has sentenced 15 men to death for stabbing and killing a man outside a busy restaurant in the commercial capital Yangon, a court official said on Monday, an attack that caused public outrage and led to 23 arrests. The court in Yangon on March 5 handed down death …