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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တောင့်တင်းလုံလောက်သည့် လုံခြုံရေးရှိမှသာ မိမိတို့ နေရပ်တွင် အစဉ်အမြဲပြန်လည်နေထိုင်ရန် ဖြစ်နိုင်မည်ဟု လွန်ခဲ့သည့် ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွင်း မေယုတောင်တန်းအနီးတဝိုက် ရခိုင်ရွာများမှ ရသေ့တောင်မြို့နယ်၊ စေတီပြင်ရွာသို့ ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်လာခဲ့ကြသူ ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများက ပြောကြားကြသည်။
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Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army in China has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.
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Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army initiated by President Xi Jinping has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.
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A master craftsman in the art of making Burmese harps fears for the future of one of the country’s best-known traditional instruments.
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