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India straddles the Golden Crescent in the West and the Golden Triangle in the East

The military’s entrenched power and eye on Myanmar’s natural resources shape international policy

Myanmar's Miss Universe contestant, Thuzar Wint Lwin, used the pageant on Sunday to urge the world to speak out against the military junta, whose security forces have killed hundreds of opponents since it seized power in a Feb. 1 coup.

India tycoon Gautam Adani’s Adani Ports had won a terminal project

Myanmar’s military government ordered broadband Internet shutdowns Thursday amid ongoing violent suppression of opposition to its ouster of the country’s democratically elected government.

Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar launched a new civil-disobedience campaign this week as the death toll in the country surpasses 500, nearly two months after a military coup.

Shops, factories and banks were closed in Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon on Monday after major trade unions called for a shutdown of the economy as part of the uprising against the country’s military rulers.

Myanmar police fired on protesters around the country on Sunday in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations against a military coup and at least 18 people were killed, the U.N. human rights office said.

It is argued that unless Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts are resolved, peace will continue to evade the country.

Experience shows that restoration of democracy has not brought relief to Myanmar's minorities