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                                <description><![CDATA[ Myanmar nationals have flooded social media to express frustration over the warm welcome accorded to Min Aung Hlaing, even as the junta leader continues a brutal campaign at home. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Anwar govt slammed for double standard as refugees deported amid latest 'aerial massacre' by Myanmar regime ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Two global rights groups have called out Malaysia's duplicity, saying its actions contradict its recent call at the UN to abide by international law. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar junta's partial pardon of Suu Kyi means 'absolutely nothing', says son ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Kim Aris, who is a British national, likens the move to a propaganda exercise. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar junta officially postpones election promised after 2021 coup ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The state of emergency has been extended by another six months. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar junta says failing to halt surge in drug trafficking ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Head-high piles of heroin, cannabis, meth and opium were burned in commercial hub Yangon, reports say, in an annual spectacle to mark International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Singapore says 'premature' for any Asean talks with Myanmar ]]></title>
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                                <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Adam Arinin ]]></dc:creator>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says that conditions are not yet right. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Top Chinese intelligence official visits Myanmar for 'cooperation' talks ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 09:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ It is the first publicly reported visit by a military official from China, a major ally and arms supplier of the junta, since the coup. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar junta using imported arms to commit rights violations, says UN expert ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 08:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Myanmar junta pardons thousands jailed for dissent against military ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2023 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Those who re-offend will have to serve the remainder of their sentence with an additional penalty. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Thailand opposition leader says unity needed to beat military ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Thailand's election, on May 14, is shaping up as a contest between pro-military conservatives and the populist opposition led by Pheu Thai Party and its ally the Move Forward Party. ]]></description>
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