President Thein Sein

21 May 2013

The military that ran Myanmar for decades will continue to play a major role in the country, according to the former general who has presided over the transformation of a nation that only three...

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Cyclone 'could delay' Myanmar president's landmark state visit to US

16 May 2013

Myanmar President Thein Sein's landmark state visit to the United States could be delayed because of a cyclone threatening to strike his country's northwest coast.

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Myanmar committee to ‘grant liberty’ to dissidents

7 Feb 2013

Myanmar’s leader has set up a committee to review political prisoner cases “to grant them liberty”, state media said Thursday, in a rare direct acknowledgement of dissidents in the nation’s jails...

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Myanmar abolishes 25-year ban on public gatherings

30 Jan 2013

Myanmar’s nearly two-year-old reformist government has abolished a ban on public gatherings of more than five people that was ordered in 1988 on the day a military junta took power after crushing...

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Myanmar aims to improve lives, modernise with new reforms

19 Jan 2013

Myanmar’s government will unveil a slew of new reforms to donor countries and international organisations this weekend, aiming to consolidate achievements since the end of military rule in 2011...

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