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 auctioning of the imprisoned leader’s Yangon house at the behest of her estranged brother is a legal farce, lawyers say, while pro-democracy veterans insist it must be preserved for public memory.
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While thousands of civilians flee Myanmar’s war, grandmother Ama and others stay behind, forming the invisible backbone of the anti-junta struggle.
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President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised Russia's developing ties with Myanmar, during a visit by the Asian country's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to its key ally.
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Thailand has turned the screws on scamming operations abutting its territory, but experts warn of powerful vested interests on both sides of the border, while Myanmar migrants complain of heightened police harassment.
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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is making slow strides toward returning Shan State’s Lashio town to pre-war normalcy, but residents remain on edge amid conflicting reports about whether the Kokang group will withdraw.
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While the regional bloc has been criticised for its lack of effectiveness, it still has a role to play in solving Myanmar’s crisis – so long as it widens the scope of its roadmap.
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While suppressing political dissent, the junta is also trying to cleanse the arts of anything it judges harmful to Myanmar’s traditional Buddhist culture, with LGBT themes the most recent target.
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Conflict and junta-imposed trade restrictions have throttled the supply of basic goods in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region, with displaced people paying the biggest price.
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One of the loudest voices calling for action against cyber scam centres on the Thai-Myanmar border, opposition MP Rangsiman Rome says Thailand's current crackdown is only the first step.
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