Region | LOOKEAST

Illegal Immigration Spreads Terrorism – Suu Kyi
— November 20, 2017

ESTHER HTUSAN Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part
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EU’s top diplomat discussing Rakhine crisis with Suu Kyi
— November 20, 2017

NAYPYIDAW The EU’s foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday hailed “extremely encouraging”
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Last Batch of Bhutanese Refugees Yet to Leave Nepal
— November 20, 2017

ANIL GIRI As the decade-long third country resettlement programme of the Bhutanese refugees living in
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China talks Rakhine crisis with Myanmar and Bangladesh
— November 19, 2017

LOOKEAST REPORT China’s foreign minister said that the international community must help fight
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Myanmar Debates Censorship Again
— November 16, 2017

SUBIR BHAUMIK The Memory Film Festival, whose fifth edition just concluded in Yangon, is ‘about
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Nepal Scraps Chinese Hydropower Projects
— November 15, 2017

KATHMANDU Nepal has scrapped a $2.5 billion deal with China Gezhouba Group Corporation to build the country’s
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West Damaging Burmese Democracy
— November 13, 2017

SUBIR BHAUMIK Just weeks after accusing the Myanmar military of perpetrating a “textbook example of
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Yangon Declaration 2017
— November 13, 2017

LOOKEAST REPORT A 19-point Yangon declaration was adopted by delegates from India and Myanmar to promote
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India-Myanmar Buddhist contact is as old as the Buddha
— November 10, 2017

LOOKEAST REPORT Indian Buddhism scholar Suchandra Ghosh said on Friday the flow of populations between
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Bhutan to join BBIN after addressing concern on environment, culture and security
— November 9, 2017

Bhutan did not ratify a regional motor vehicle agreement involving Bangladesh, India and Nepal because
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