More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
BY Frontier
An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly airstrike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.
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In a country which in normal times exports rice, beans and fruit, millions will go hungry in the coming months, the World Food Programme has warned.
BY AFP
A goalkeeper boycotting Myanmar's World Cup qualifiers has urged his teammates to "stand with the people" and raise the three-finger salute while playing in Japan.
BY AFP
French energy giant Total said the military regime would no longer receive cash payments linked to a pipeline operated jointly with Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise.
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Local defence forces armed with homemade guns are inflicting heavy blows on the Tatmadaw, but some groups worry how long they can hold out without greater support from the National Unity Government.
BY Frontier
In her first in-person court appearance after a series of online hearings, the ousted civilian leader vowed that the National League for Democracy would "exist as long as the people exist".
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Dozens of members of the junta’s security forces were killed on May 23, fighters in a civilian resistance group said, amid heavy fighting in Kayah and southern Shan states.
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More expensive inputs, declining crop prices and a possible dearth of affordable credit could push millions of farmers into destitution and debt.
BY Frontier
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing added that the regime wants to establish a “federal state based on multi-party democracy” within a year but mooted a further six-month extension of the state of emergency.
BY AFP
Union Election Commission chair Thein Soe told a meeting of political parties on Friday that National League for Democracy leaders could also be prosecuted as “traitors to the nation”.
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