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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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Kyaw Ko Ko, fugitive student leader, arrested in Yangon

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Four years later, Myitsone Dam back in spotlight

As President U Thein Sein’s tenure nears an end, a timely documentary has re-focussed attention on his pledge to suspend work on the Myitsone Dam.

BY Oliver Slow

Locked up

The continuing presence of political prisoners in Myanmar’s jails strains believability in the government’s democratic credentials and its claims that next month’s election will be free and fair.

BY Alex Bookbinder

The watchman

Why was PACE formed?

BY Alex Bookbinder

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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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