The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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As fighting spreads to southern Rakhine, thousands have fled for neighbouring Ayeyarwady, where they’ve had a frosty reception as the junta tightens security in one of its few remaining stable strongholds.
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Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing hailed China’s support for Myanmar over the Rakhine State crisis when he met President Xi Jinping in Beijing last week.
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A proposed law giving the Union parliament more control over state and regional assemblies has some wondering if the government’s support for federalism is genuine.
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ချန်ပီယံသစ် ပေါ်ထွက်လာပေမယ့် ကမောက်ကမဖြစ်စဉ်တွေနဲ့ပြည့်နှက်နေခဲ့တဲ့၂၀၁၇ မြန်မာနေရှင်နယ်လိဂ်ဘောလုံးရာသီဟာ မကြာမီက ပြီးဆုံးသွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သလို လိဂ်ကို လက်ပြနှုတ်ဆက်သွားခဲ့တဲ့ အသင်းတွေ စံချိန်တင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ရာသီလည်း ဖြစ်ပါတယ်
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