Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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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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Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters.
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China's public security minister has held talks with Myanmar's junta on establishing peace along their shared border, state media said Tuesday, following clashes between ethnic armed groups and the military in northern Shan State.
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Small groups of women and youth have taught civilians and resistance fighters across Myanmar’s Dry Zone about the principles of humane resistance, but they badly need support to continue their work.
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An alliance of ethnic armed groups in Myanmar launched coordinated attacks on the military across northern Shan State on Friday, posing a fresh challenge to the junta as it struggles to quell resistance to its rule.
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As fighting flares in Myanmar’s ruby capital, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army is more openly cooperating with post-coup resistance groups, but its main objective may lie farther north, on the border with China.
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The United States’ biggest piece of Myanmar legislation in decades may soon begin bearing fruit, but the quirks of the US political system are key to understanding what comes next – and how to influence it.
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Five Myanmar nationals asked the Philippines on Wednesday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by 10 serving or former members of Myanmar's military against the mainly Christian Chin minority.
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Human trafficking has increased in Myanmar since the coup amid widespread lawlessness and economic stagnation, with those internally displaced by conflict among the most vulnerable.
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Thousands of Buddhists took to boats on southern Shan State's famed Inle Lake on Thursday to celebrate the return of one of the nation's biggest festivals, but the devotees' joy was laced with the sorrow of war.
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Myanmar's most powerful ethnic armed organisation, the United Wa State Army, has expelled two top officials wanted by Beijing for involvement in online scams targeting Chinese citizens, it has said.
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