There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.
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Members of the former ruling party have followed different paths since the 2021 coup, with some lying low and others taking up arms, while the continued imprisonment and recent deaths of party leaders raise questions about its future.
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Credible reports indicate that the Arakan Army committed crimes against the Rohingya in Buthidaung in May – but the group has managed to silence many of its critics among the resistance and civil society organisations.
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A Myanmar tradition of playing card games at funerals has warped into days-long illegal gambling fests organised by gangsters and approved by corrupt officials.
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Myanmar farmers whose crops were devastated by Typhoon Yagi say they have received no help from the military regime, raising questions about the recovery process and the long-term impacts of the disaster.
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As the conflict between the military and Kachin Independence Army escalates and both groups face pressure for funds, fighting in Myanmar’s jade mining hub reaches new levels of intensity.
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Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup.
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State employees who have fled conflict say they feel betrayed by the regime for failing to reassign or keep paying them, while those still serving in conflict zones go months without salaries.
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The PNLO has joined the war against Myanmar’s junta, prompting a minor leadership crisis, but while that was swiftly resolved, a rival Pa-O group has only grown more powerful.
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A rehabilitation programme in Thailand, run by former addicts, is trying to help stem the rising tide of addiction among Myanmar young people living in refugee camps.
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The Myanmar junta is using transportation blockades put in place during fighting with the KNDF to stop emergency aid from reaching areas of the state
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