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Myanmar airstrike kills seven civilians: witnesses

A Myanmar military airstrike has killed seven civilians including a five-year-old child in the country's conflict-ravaged west, a witness and a rescue worker said Thursday.

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China’s Xi says ‘firmly supports’ Myanmar in safeguarding sovereignty

Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged support on Tuesday for Myanmar in safeguarding its sovereignty, state media reported, as he met with the regime’s president Min Aung Hlaing in Beijing.

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Myanmar inflation hits 25 percent on US-Iran fuel shock: World Bank

Myanmar's inflation spiked to nearly 25 percent as shocks from the Middle East conflict compounded the effects of the country's civil war, the World Bank said Tuesday.

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Myanmar regime’s president arrives in China to boost trade ties

Myanmar regime's president Min Aung Hlaing arrived in China on Monday for talks with leader Xi Jinping, state media reported, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks stronger trade ties with Beijing.

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Crackdown triggers exodus from Myanmar’s biggest city

Residents say life has become too terrifying to stay in Yangon, where martial law has been declared over six townships and police and soldiers have begun pulling people from their homes and forcing them to clear roads at gunpoint.

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‘I never thought gangsters cried’: Hlaing Tharyar locals shaken but defiant

Despite a bloody crackdown in the Yangon factory suburb and a max exodus of migrant workers, residents say they will continue their protests until the military is overthrown.

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Podcast: Women on the frontlines (English)

With the world's attention trained on the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Myanmar – and the military's brutal response to them – we're making select episodes of our Burmese-language podcast available in English. This week: women on the frontlines of the protest movement.

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‘Social punishment’ campaign turns the tables on military elite

Many see a growing online movement to ostracise the families of Tatmadaw generals as retribution for the decades of social exclusion previous juntas have foisted on the families of dissidents.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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