An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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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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After the military seized power in 2021, sparking social and economic turmoil and armed conflict across the country, opium has become more important to some farmers struggling to get by.
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Women’s organisations claim cases of men luring women to cohabit with them under false promises of marriage are increasing, but while this is considered a crime under Myanmar law, social stigma discourages women from seeking redress.
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The military regime’s tightening of customs checks has boosted seafood smuggling from Tanintharyi Region to Thailand, with the collusion of members of the Myanmar navy.
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Student activist Ma Lin Lin led protests against Myanmar's junta, defying the generals for months before being hunted down and caught. Now serving a 15-year sentence, she regrets nothing.
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Amid a deep economic crisis and an influx of migrants fleeing conflict, rental prices are soaring in Myanmar’s commercial capital, where tenants are being taken advantage of by unscrupulous landlords and brokers.
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Mastery of English has defined social status to varying degrees since the colonial era, but the economic fallout from the coup has strengthened its power to both uplift and exclude.
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