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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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 the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Six men prod and poke at dense undergrowth in eastern Myanmar with rakes and hoes - not farmers, but a resistance unit clearing deadly landmines from the war raging between the junta and pro-democracy fighters.
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The coup has led to a proliferation of armed groups across central Myanmar – some of which have converted to a life of crime – leaving NUG-affiliated resistance outfits scrambling to combat a spate of kidnappings and robberies.
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Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement has involved tremendous sacrifice, but if this is not to be in vain, the movement needs to be reborn as an independent, nonviolent force focused on creating change rather than promoting divisive political identities.
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Myanmar's military regime on Sunday ordered the expulsion of East Timor’s top diplomat in the country over a meeting his government held with the parallel National Unity Government.
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Descendants of Portuguese Roman Catholics have lived peacefully in central Myanmar for centuries, but since the coup they’ve faced the cruelty of a military steeped in Buddhist nationalism.
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Internal Mon divisions and tensions with other ethnic groups have hindered resistance efforts in Mon State. But as these efforts start to take shape, locals say they could either bring people together or pull them further apart.
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Bus and truck drivers are taking ever-greater risks to do their jobs, facing arrest and extortion at checkpoints manned by various armed groups as well as the sudden eruption of fighting.
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A controversial organisation that runs monastic schools and orphanages across Myanmar is back in the spotlight after allegedly trying to cover up the rape of a five-year-old girl at one of its centres.
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The junta’s unveiling of a new bank note has spooked already jittery markets, with real estate prices in particular jumping to record highs in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw.
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