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Dressed in matching traditional Myanmar clothes and garlanded with jasmine http://www.authenticsteelersstore.com/Steelers-Javon-Hargrave-Draft-Jersey/ , a gay couple married in a lavish public ceremony that they say was the first of its kind in the conservative nation.

Tin Ko Ko (R) and Myo Min Htet at their wedding reception in Yangon on March 2, 2014 Tin Ko Ko (R) and Myo Min Htet at their wedding reception in Yangon on March 2, 2014

Tin Ko Ko and Myo Min Htet exchanged rings in an upmarket Yangon hotel Sunday, in the latest sign of changing social mores in the Southeast Asian nation as it emerges from the shadow of military rule.


The marriage does not enjoy any legal status but followed the customs of other Myanmar weddings, with the two men arriving in solemn procession followed by six groomsmen in front of some two hundred guests.


"My family accepted me. I am so glad that my parents were understanding... but he had to overcome many difficulties from his family," said Tin Ko Ko, 38 http://www.authenticsteelersstore.com/Steelers-James-Washington-Draft-Jersey/ , of his partner in an emotional speech.


The pair, who both work for rights groups, have lived together for 10 years without publicly declaring their relationship.


Same-sex relations are criminalised under the nation's colonial-era penal code.


While the law is not strictly enforced, activists have long complained of harassment and discrimination.


But taboos around homosexuality have begun to be relaxed after a quasi-civilian government replaced military rule three years ago. Myanmar held its first gay pride celebrations in May 2012.


Tin Ko Ko and Myo Min Htet had discussed their wedding in local media, but the pair kept the venue a secret for fear it could attract protest.


But some journalists were able to attend and pictures of the ceremony were splashed on the front pages of several local newspapers Monday.


"We both tried hard to make this a reality. I am almost speechless, I am so happy," said 28-year-old Myo Min Htet http://www.authenticsteelersstore.com/Steelers-James-Conner-Draft-Jersey/ , adding that the event also marked the couple's 10-year anniversary.


Wedding guests applauded as the couple kissed after cutting a red heart-shaped cake.


"This is like a challenge to our neighbours, who do not understand us and see us as very strange people," said Aung Myo Min, from the rights group Equality Myanmar, addressing fellow guests.


(Agencies)

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TAIPEI, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's chief of Taiwan affairs Zhang Zhijun on Wednesday underscored his long-waited trip to Taiwan, and called for continuous efforts to boost cross-Strait ties.


"My flight from Beijing to Taipei took me less than three hours. But it took us 65 years to make that flight possible," Zhang said when meeting with Wang Yu-chi, director of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, at a hotel near the airport.


He added that mutual visits made by himself and Wang within six months and the setting up of a communication mechanism between cross-Strait affairs authorities on both sides of the Taiwan Strait had been deemed "unimaginable" in earlier years.


Zhang is the first director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office to visit the island. Wang Yu-chi visited the mainland in February.


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Zhang expressed hope that both sides could further enhance mutual political trust, step up communication and cooperation, and boost grass-root exchanges between people, especially the younger generation, from both sides of the Strait.


Comparing cross-Strait ties to a boat sailing against the current, Zhang urged both sides to "keep forging ahead lest risk being left lagging behind."


"As long as people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait work together http://www.authenticsteelersstore.com/Steelers-Greg-Lloyd-Draft-Jersey/ , we will be able to overcome the current difficulties and attain new development in cross-Strait ties which will benefit all," he said.


According to the schedule released earlier, Zhang will spend four days on the island, paying visits to New Taipei City, Taichung, Kaohsiung and Changhua County.

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