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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The Arakan Army’s recent victories have its neighbours’ full attention, but a number of factors continue to prevent formal engagement – even as Bangladesh struggles to make headway on Rohingya repatriation efforts with the junta.
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Myanmar's junta sent a senior official to a gathering of ASEAN foreign ministers in Laos on Monday – the first time the diplomatically isolated country has attended a high-level meeting of the regional bloc in more than two years.
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The Kayin State Border Guard Force seeks autonomy for motives ranging from protecting its casino assets to appeasing unhappy combatants and civilians, but what comes next will be crucial for the conflict.
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The UN says over 18 million people in Myanmar are in humanitarian need. But the number of groups available to help them has shrunk dramatically since the military regime introduced a new Organisation Registration Law.
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Political turmoil and economic free-fall have pushed many elderly people onto the streets, with shelters struggling to cope as funding dries up and the regime largely ignores the problem.
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Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed organisation have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
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Since the 2021 coup, Doh Athan has documented many human rights abuses in Myanmar. But for all the horrific stories, there are are also resilient people still working to defend human rights. In this story we hear from an artist who documented conditions inside the notorious Insein prison.
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"What do you want to do after school or college?" It's a question many young people are asked. But Rohingya students have so many restrictions and so little choice, that they often can't answer.
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With the Myanmar military suffering unprecedented losses on the battlefield, regime leader Min Aung Hlaing is finding himself on increasingly shaky ground as discontent rises up the ranks.
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