The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made a poignant journey to Panglong last month to advance the cause of peace and national reconciliation, in the spirit of an agreement signed there by her father 70 years earlier.
Myanmar will again be the subject of a European Union-sponsored resolution at the Human Rights Council, but some are calling for an international investigation into alleged abuses in Rakhine State.
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If the February 25 press conference at the Drug Elimination Museum was designed to put an end to the mystery of who killed U Ko Ni, then it failed miserably.
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Fears over the growing Tatmadaw presence have some residents preparing to flee Laiza at short notice, but otherwise life goes on much as normal in the KIO headquarters.
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