An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.
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An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.
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There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.
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The Myanmar junta’s “anti-disinformation team” claims to just counter fake news, but operates in cooperation with the military and police to crack down on dissidents and expose resistance groups.
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The depletion of mangrove forests in Tanintharyi Region has constrained the illicit crossborder trade, even as prices remain high, but small-scale producers in Myanmar’s deep south have few other ways to make a living.
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The regime has used blunt measures to try to control soaring gold prices, adding another layer to the precarious house of cards it’s built around Myanmar’s crumbling economy.
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Mong Yaw, an isolated area in Myanmar’s northern Shan State, has seen limited conflict since the coup, but blockades and a lack of supplies are taking a toll on one of the most impoverished parts of the state.
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The post-coup conflict in Myanmar’s Dry Zone has pitted villages against each other, while the junta’s boosting of allied militias has deepened the cycle of violence.
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When Myanmar's junta announced a conscription law to help crush a popular pro-democracy uprising, Ma Khaing knew there was only one way to escape its clutches, and began planning her escape.
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Prolonged electricity outages during this year’s hot season have taken a toll on businesses already struggling with rising costs and shortages of materials and labour, but the junta lacks a credible plan to fill the power gap.
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Historic alliances have prevented tensions between armed groups from boiling over in Myanmar’s northern Shan State, but overlapping territorial claims and ethnic sensitivities keep them at a constant simmer.
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A first batch of 5,000 conscripts called up by Myanmar's junta will begin duty at the end of this month, military sources told AFP on Monday, as the generals struggle to crush opposition to their coup.
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