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.
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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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Orphanages and charitable boarding houses are stretched to the limit taking in children displaced by conflict across Myanmar, as donations dry up and the regime cracks down on civil society.
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Myanmar's junta is enforcing a law allowing the military to summon all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve for at least two years as it struggles to crush opposition to its 2021 coup.
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Despite heavy fighting in Kawkareik, resistance groups insist they haven’t launched an all-out offensive to seize the Kayin State town, but the battle has led to a rapprochement with an officer under investigation for human rights abuses.
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February 1 marked three years since the military coup. The armed resistance is gaining in strength and has occupied some towns. But what of the political resistance? Are the various groups involved in discussions about a future federal democratic Myanmar ready to lead?
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Nationalist protests are spreading across Myanmar with an unusual target – military leader Min Aung Hlaing – while the level of organisation and funding suggests they may have the backing of some factions of the military.
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What would you do if you became the target of politically-motivated online sexual harassment? Various studies show these kind of attacks have increased in Myanmar since the coup. In this week’s episode we hear from several women about the terrible impact this had on them.
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Fighting in Myanmar raged close to the Bangladesh border on Sunday, with terrified residents reporting bullets crossing the frontier, medics treating patients and the government saying guards had fled seeking shelter.
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The assault on the Kayah State capital has largely stalled, but it has forced the Myanmar military to recall troops from elsewhere and allowed resistance groups to consolidate control over most of the state.
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The military’s recent humiliations have injected new life into the resistance, making it more important than ever to build a united front.
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