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.
BY Frontier
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.
BY Frontier
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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Digital payment solutions are an ideal, cost-effective way to enable rural households to access reliable solar power.
အိမ်ရှင်အိမ်ငှားများထံမှ စည်ပင်သာယာက ကောက်ခံသော အခွန်များမှာ စည်းကြပ်ပုံစနစ်ပိုင်း ခိုင်မာပြီး ဖြောင့်မတ်စွာ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုရှိသော်လည်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ယင်းတို့၏ အခန်းကဏ္ဍမှာ မြင့်မားသင့်သလောက် မြင့်မားမှု မရှိသည်ကိုတွေ့ရသည်။
The dismissal of 56 students for demonstrating in support of increased education spending has sparked a threat of protests at campuses throughout the country and contributed to rising tensions with the government.
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The verification of refugees stranded in the 'no man's land' buffer zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh will be carried out by the two countries with no other involvement.
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