Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
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Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
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The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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As fighting spreads to southern Rakhine, thousands have fled for neighbouring Ayeyarwady, where they’ve had a frosty reception as the junta tightens security in one of its few remaining stable strongholds.
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Amid budget cuts and surging crime in the refugee camps in Bangladesh and war in their native Rakhine, more Rohingya are taking a perilous journey by boat to Indonesia and Malaysia, where an increasingly hostile reception awaits.
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Residents of a Myanmar trade hub fled across the border to Thailand on Tuesday amid the sounds of explosions and after an ethnic minority armed group said they had seized a key military base nearby, locals told AFP.
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The Kayin State Border Guard Force announced its separation from the Myanmar military, and is trying to rehabilitate its rights-abusing reputation, but new financial pressures have only deepened its dependence on the cyber scam industry.
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The military’s conscription drive has provoked a reverse migration, pushing young men who fled Myanmar’s war-torn Dry Zone to give up their livelihoods and risk their lives to return home.
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The Myanmar military is punishing civilians as the Arakan Army closes in on the state capital, pushing thousands to flee Rakhine while those left behind face a growing humanitarian crisis."
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Pro-military movies that once captivated the Myanmar public are now objects of ridicule for their tired cliches, while a post-coup wave of resistance films is pushing the limits and winning global recognition.
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Smaller minority groups in Rakhine State are caught between the regime and the Arakan Army, and seen with distrust by both sides, as conflict and displacement threaten their ways of life.
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Following the killing of the renowned activist while she allegedly tried to escape junta custody, her family and comrades remember a woman who died fighting “the last battle” against military dictatorship.
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The public healthcare collapse and economic crisis have compounded barriers to accessing reproductive healthcare in Myanmar, already a challenge due to social stigma and a lack of education.
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