Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
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Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
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As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.
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Without proper screening, half of the one in seven pregnant women in Myanmar with gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within five years, leading to huge healthcare costs and drastically shorter lives.
BY David Luther
Breast milk is best for babies in the first six months of their lives but many mothers use formula because they are unaware that it can be detrimental to an infant’s health.
The Chinese government is advising the Ministry of Electricity and Energy on a white paper for hydropower policy at the same time as pressuring Myanmar to revive the long-stalled Myitsone dam.
BY Thomas Kean
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Historic grievances and Bamar chauvinism are among the factors that have fuelled Rakhine nationalism and supported the emergence of the Arakan Army.
တောင်တန်းထူသော မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအရှေ့ပိုင်း မြေပြန့်များနှင့် အမြင့်ပိုင်းနေရာများတွင် ခရမ်းရောင်ဘိန်းခင်းများ တခေါ်တမျှော် နေရာယူထားပြီး တောင်သူများအား အခြားသီးနှံပြောင်းစိုက်ရေးအတွက် မက်လုံးများ ပေးထားသော်လည်း ဝင်ငွေကောင်းသည့် သီးနှံကို စွန့်လွှတ်ရန် ၎င်းတို့ ဆန္ဒမရှိကြပေ
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The response from the government and military to the Arakan Army’s January 4 attacks is disproportionate and bound to backfire by strengthening support for the AA within Rakhine State.
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