Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters.
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China's foreign minister met Myanmar's junta chief in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday, officials said, the highest-ranking Chinese official to meet the country's top general since a coup more than two years ago.
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Despite rising financial pressures to supply weapons and provide public services in its territory, the KIO cancelled a major business deal in response to protests from local communities trying to protect their land and environment.
Thousands of customers have lost access to their accounts and others are facing arrest, as the regime puts Myanmar’s largest private bank in a stranglehold in order to block funding to the resistance.
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On Wednesday, 16 years and a secret journey out of Myanmar later, the camera of slain Japanese jounalist Kenji Nagai was handed back to his family, who hope the footage will hold clues to the final moments of his life.
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Cross-border cargo companies are seeing a surge in business, which is also good news for the military regime collecting taxes and checkpoint bribes.
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Myanmar businesses have been setting up shop in Thailand since it decriminalised cannabis last year, while back in Myanmar, a pioneering dispensary has opened in an area controlled by the armed resistance.
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The raging conflict and the junta’s crackdown on civil society has made it more difficult for civilians in central Myanmar to access water, forcing them to undertake dangerous journeys or drink from unhealthy sources.
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Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon met for talks with top officials from Myanmar’s junta on Monday as the bloody conflict engulfing the country spirals.
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The military regime’s rationing of fuel consumption to lower Myanmar’s import bill has fuelled illegal sales, while hoarding by businesses and profiteering by speculators have hiked the price of petrol and other goods.
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