Myanmar
Myanmar fighting flares after peace talks fail
BANGKOK, June 20 (Reuters) - Myanmar government troops and ethnic Kachin separatists fought on Monday following the collapse of talks aimed at ending a conflict that is threatening China's energy interests in the remote area.
Chinese workers flee Myanmar fighting: report
YANGON (Reuters) - More than 200 Chinese workers have returned home from Myanmar after separatist rebels attacked a hydropower plant in the northern border province of Kachin, state media in Myanmar said on Saturday, the first official comment on the recent fighting.
China urges talks as refugees flee Myanmar fighting
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's army and ethnic Kachin rebels clashed for an eighth day on Thursday in mountains near the border with China and hundreds of people fled, Kachin sources said, while Beijing urged the warring sides to defuse the volatile outbreak.
Q+A: What is behind clashes in Myanmar's Kachin hills?
(Reuters) - Myanmar troops have clashed with ethnic Kachin rebels near Chinese-built dams this week, threatening Chinese energy interests in the country.
Refugees flee Myanmar clashes near Chinese border
BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar's military has clashed for several days with a militia controlled by the country's ethnic Kachin minority in a remote but strategic region where China is building hydropower plants, various sources said on Tuesday.
U.S. Navy intercepted North Korean ship
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy intercepted a North Korean ship suspected of carrying missile parts to Myanmar two weeks ago, media reports and a U.S. official said on Monday.
U.S. Navy intercepted North Korean ship: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy intercepted a North Korean ship suspected of carrying an illegal shipment of missile parts to Myanmar two weeks ago, the New York Times reported on late on Sunday, citing senior American officials.
McCain says Myanmar seeking better ties with U.S.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's new military-backed government wants better ties with the United States, but must show concrete progress on improving human rights and political freedoms for Washington to reconsider its approach, U.S. Senator John McCain said on Friday.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls for China openness amid clampdown
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged China's Communist leaders on Monday to be more open and tolerant amidst a heavy clampdown on dissidents and government critics in recent months.
ASEAN open to giving Myanmar chairmanship in 2014
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders have no objection to Myanmar's request to chair the 10-member ASEAN bloc in 2014, as long as it continues making progress toward democracy, Indonesia's president said Sunday after the group's latest summit.
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