The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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Patients have to pay bribes in public hospitals on the brink of collapse for lack of staff and funding, leaving charities struggling to care for the poor while dangerous quacks and charlatans exploit the most vulnerable.
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UN investigators said Tuesday they had gathered strong evidence of surging war crimes in Myanmar, including mass executions and sexual violence, and were building case files to help bring perpetrators to justice.
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Resistance forces have arrested a member of the NLD’s central committee, accusing him of collaborating with the junta, but his defenders say he likely had no choice after the Myanmar military abducted his family.
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While fighting has subsided around the Kayin State town since fierce clashes in 2021, displaced residents are unable to return home because the area is sown with landmines planted by both the military and its opponents.
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A luxury housing bubble helped to enrich members of the military and their associates in the decade of reforms that preceded the 2021 coup, but a subsequent exodus of foreign professionals has tanked the rental market – possibly beyond repair.
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Jailed Myanmar civilian leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been pardoned in five criminal cases, although she still faces 14 others, state media said Tuesday.
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Myanmar's junta extended the country’s state of emergency by six months on Monday, signaling a delay to elections they had pledged to hold as the military battles anti-coup fighters across the country.
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Min Aung Hlaing is set to unveil a gigantic Buddha statue in Nay Pyi Taw, but critics say the compound reveals more about the senior general’s superstitions, megalomania and oppressive tendencies than his devotion to religion.
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Myanmar civilian leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a 2021 military coup, has been moved from prison to a government building, an official from her party said Friday.
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