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‘They are wicked’: Myanmar’s strike holdouts keep up junta defiance

Doctors healing patients from hiding, teachers giving up their classrooms and bankers losing their savings are among the stubborn holdouts still on strike to protest Myanmar's military coup six months ago.AFP spoke to a doctor, a teacher and a banker about how they were resisting the junta regime.

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What’s happening in Myanmar, six months after the coup?

Myanmar has endured six months of turmoil since the military deposed the civilian government and ended the country's decade-old experiment with democracy. AFP takes a look at the current state of play inside Myanmar.

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Myanmar coup: six months of turmoil

By AFP Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leaders. More than 900 people have since been killed.

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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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John Kerry hails ‘remarkable’ Myanmar changes after Suu Kyi talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry Sunday hailed Myanmar's transition from army rule as a "remarkable statement" of support for global democracy.

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Police charge dozens of labour activists over Nay Pyi Taw rally

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Myanmar climbers reach Everest summit

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Dozens of timber workers arrested in rally clampdown

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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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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