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Opinion 01 Sep 2017
The East Asia Summit region depends heavily on coal, given its abundance, as a reliable energy source. Coal use...
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Opinion 01 Sep 2017
Conventional wisdom says if North Korea were ever to use its nuclear weapons, it would be an act of suicide. But...
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Opinion 01 Sep 2017
Transition is a much-used word today. Perhaps over-used. It is laden with subjectivity – implying changes in a...
Senior officials of Brazil, India, South Africa and Russia meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on BRICS security issues, in Beijing, China, on July 28. Photo - EPA
Opinion 31 Aug 2017
While India and China managed to resolve a months-long standoff near where the two countries’ borders meet Bhutan...
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Opinion 30 Aug 2017
Since Myanmar’s phased transition to democracy began in 2010, the resource-rich country of 53 million consumers...
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Opinion 30 Aug 2017
The bitter political battle in Thailand between the red-shirt supporters of the Shinawatra family and yellow-shirt...
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Opinion 29 Aug 2017
As a prominent opponent of Thailand’s ruling junta, ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra would have been a...
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Opinion 29 Aug 2017
Family businesses are key to Myanmar’s economy, generating thousands of jobs and contributing significantly to the...
Myanmar Times editor Kavi Chongkittavorn interviews Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin in Nay Pyi Taw. Pyae Thet Phyo/The Myanma Times
Opinion 28 Aug 2017
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Myanmar-ASEAN relations, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Tin...
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Opinion 25 Aug 2017
An ASEAN-wide work permit, redoing the currency basket of ASEAN states, giving national treatment to ASEAN...
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Opinion 25 Aug 2017
Friends and foes alike of former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra are anxiously awaiting a verdict Friday...
Photos show U.S. Navy ships USS Antietam, top left, USS Lake Champlain, top right, USS Fitzgerald, bottom left, and USS John S. McCain. Photos - AP
Opinion 24 Aug 2017
One major U.S. Navy collision may be an accident. Twice in two months could be a coincidence. Or it could point to...

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