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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The State Counsellor’s office has accepted the commission's recommendations, which also call for the perpetrators of human rights violations to be “held to account”.
BY Su Myat Mon
The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society movement has been a driving force for reform for nearly 30 years, and is likely to emerge as a powerful player in party politics.
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အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်၏ ဥပဒေအကြံပေးဖြစ်သူ ရှေ့နေကြီး ဦးကိုနီအား လုပ်ကြံသတ်ဖြတ်မှုဖြင့် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားသူလေးဦးအား ရန်ကုန် မြောက်ပိုင်းခရိုင်တရားရုံးတွင် ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းက ရုံးထုတ်စစ်ဆေးခဲ့သည်။
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In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.
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The Ethnic Affairs Minister has criticised his lawmaker daughter for successfully proposing a Mon State bridge be named after Bogyoke Aung San.
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