Children shower near a pagoda in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State on 21 August 2020. (Hkun Lat I Frontier)

The junta woos Rakhine, banking on anti-NLD sentiment

The Arakan National Party’s decision to work with the new military regime has exposed divisions in a state where many regard the National League for Democracy with contempt.

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