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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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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In this week's episode of Doh Athan, an investigation into the plight of Myanmar's elderly citizens.
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မြို့ပြ၌ နေထိုင်သူများကြားတွင် ကိတ်မုန့်နှင့် ပေါင်မုန့်များ စားသုံးမှု များပြားလာသောကြောင့် ပြည်တွင်းရှိ နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်သည့် လုပ်ငန်းများလည်း တိုးတက်လာနေသည်။ ကလေးသုံးယောက်လျှင် တစ်ယောက်မှာ အာဟာရချို့တဲ့နေသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် နွားနို့မှာ အဓိကထားရမည့် အာဟာရတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။
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The recent resignation of a minister in Ayeyarwady Region has cast doubt on the future of fisheries industry reforms, under which leases were taken off local investors and given to groups of fishermen.
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