In a wide-ranging interview, Chin National Front vice chair Dr Sui Khar discusses military strategy, Chin resistance infighting and Min Aung Hlaing’s miscalculations.
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In a wide-ranging interview, Chin National Front vice chair Dr Sui Khar discusses military strategy, Chin resistance infighting and Min Aung Hlaing’s miscalculations.
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Top Trump ally Elon Musk now has global media support in his sights, and the world’s dictators – Min Aung Hlaing included – stand to benefit.
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An executive order by United States President Donald Trump has halted foreign aid programmes around the world, sowing chaos among the humanitarian community and its beneficiaries in Myanmar and Thailand.
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More than 60 years after a plane crashed in the Kayin Hills at the end of World War Two, killing all 16 allied soldiers onboard, families of the deceased have paid their respects at a ceremony in Yangon, finally bringing some closure.
BY Thomas Kean
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Fifteen years ago, dozens of military students from a newly established technology college were jailed after protesting against what they said were broken promises and disrespect from Tatmadaw officers.
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The former ruling party and 12 other parties have generated controversy by seeking a meeting of a powerful, military-dominated panel that is empowered under the constitution to run the country during an emergency.
An international troupe that includes trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers is enchanting Yangon audiences with traditional and contemporary circus performances rarely seen in Myanmar.
BY Su Myat Mon
On the centenary of King Thibaw’s death in lonely exile in India, his descendants are ramping up a campaign to have his remains returned to Mandalay, the last royal capital.
BY Oliver Slow
Members of the two biggest opposition parties say rulings by the NLD's Union Parliament speakers are muzzling debate on important national issues.
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