The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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As the military regime targets places of worship to break popular support for the resistance, Catholic communities caught up in the conflict are being denied the consolations of their religion.
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Malaysia is encouraging undocumented migrants to hand themselves in on the promise to repatriate rather than detain them, but many Myanmar migrants fear being arrested on their return or forced to serve in the military.
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လာမည့်နှစ်တွင် မြန်မာရုပ်ရှင်ရာပြည့်ပွဲတော်ကို ကျင်းပတော့မည်ဖြစ်သော်လည်း ရုပ်ရှင်လောကက နိုင်ငံတကာစင်မြင့်တွင် ဝင်တိုးနိုင်ခြင်းမရှိသေးပေ။ သို့သော် မျိုးဆက်သစ်ဒါရိုက်တာများ၏ အားထုတ်မှုများများကြောင့် ထိုအခြေအနေမှာ မကြာမီ ပြောင်းလဲသွားဖွယ်ရှိနေသည်။
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The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
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A government worker in his early 20s spoke to Frontier’s Emily Fishbein the day before his deployment to a new duty station near a sensitive border.
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Report predicts half a million Rohingya refugees will return in two years but glosses over allegations of atrocities, ignores ongoing conflict and fails to mention the Muslim group by name.
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