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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With the breakdown of rule of law in Myanmar’s Dry Zone, resistance groups are taking drug enforcement into their own hands, but with limited resources and expertise, rehabilitation efforts often involve flogging and prison cells.
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While students led previous uprisings against military rule, they have joined the ranks of today’s resistance war in a more supporting role, as members of an array of ideologically diverse groups – including a resurgent communist army.
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A defecting soldier and a newly trained medic defied warnings against joining Myanmar’s armed resistance movement, finding love in a conflict zone before they were forced to flee the country.
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As conflict consumes much of the state, crowds throng the Pyi Thar Lin Aye pagoda to cheer on local practitioners of traditional Myanmar boxing, or lethwei, under the watch of rival armed groups.
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A heated debate over whether to one day punish civil servants working for the military regime has engulfed the Civil Disobedience Movement, raising important questions about justice and reconciliation.
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Vast blooms of jellyfish are appearing off Myanmar’s southern coast for the first time in six years, delighting hard-pressed fishing communities exporting to Thailand, but soaring costs and unfair trade terms sting.
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While reopening the Tachilek land border with Thailand and ramping up its promotion of domestic tourism, the regime is removing restrictions established during the pandemic. However, in Rakhine State, prisoners' families say authorities are still using COVID-19 rules to justify a state-wide freeze on prison visits.
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Independent journalists risk death and prison in Myanmar, but the military and its allies are adept at finding media lackeys willing to toe the line and parrot their propaganda – for a price.
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Pa-O residents say a military-aligned militia is increasingly relying on compulsory conscription and extortion to build up its forces as Myanmar’s post-coup conflict penetrates deeper in southern Shan State.
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