EU gives $52 mn in aid to MyanmarYANGON - The European Commission, executive body of the European Union (EU), has agreed to provide 40.5 million euros ($52.4 million) in humanitarian aid to Myanmar this year, with some of it aimed at assisting the Rohingya Muslims who are living ‘in terrible conditions’, officials said Tuesday. Myanmar dissident gets 104 years in jailYANGON - A Mandalay court has sentenced a student activist to 104 years in jail for attending a meeting marking the first anniversary of the ’saffron revolution’ on the Thai-Myanmar border, a prisoner support group said Wednesday. Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi in good health, says her doctorYANGON - Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in good health, said her personal doctor who was allowed a New Year’s Day visit Thursday. |