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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သြဂုတ် ၇ ရက်နံနက်ပိုင်းက မိတ္ထီလာခရိုင်၊ ဝမ်းတွင်းမြို့ မြေတိုင်ကန်ကျေးရွာသို့သွားရောက်ကာ ရွာသူရွာသားများနှင့်တွေ့ဆုံပြီးနောက်ပြုလုပ်သော ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး စကားဝိုင်းအတွင်း ၎င်းက ထိုသို့ပြောကြားလိုက်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။
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Despite occasional tensions in its relationship with the Tatmadaw, the government is pressing ahead with its goals in the interests of the people and the nation.
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While there is no quick fix to Yangon’s chronic traffic problems, dedicated bus lanes and incentives for cycling could help get people moving again.
BY Sean Fox
While there is no quick fix to Yangon’s chronic traffic problems, dedicated bus lanes and incentives for cycling could help get people moving again.
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