People build temporary homes on May 21 near a building destroyed during clashes between the military and the Arakan Army in a village in Rakhine State’s Minbya Township. (AFP)

Battered, empty Rakhine town shows price of victory against Myanmar junta

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by Rakhine State’s Pauktaw town for victory against the junta in the country's civil war.

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