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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Arakan Army commander Tun Myat Naing discusses the Rakhine State fighting and the army’s demand that the AA disarms before joining peace talks.
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Government interference and corruption have left Myanmar's legal fraternity in a shambles, its lawyers poorly trained and its judges cowed by police.
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The hardline Buddhist nationalist group has regrouped after suffering a huge loss of face over last year’s election result and is promoting itself as an organisation that stands for “unity and peace”.
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မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်း လုပ်သားများအား နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ်များ ထုတ်ပေးရန် အစီအစဉ်ရှိသည်ဟု ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံသို့ ရောက်ရှိနေသည့် နိုင်ငံတော် အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ဇွန် ၂၃ ရက်နေ့က ပြောကြားသည်။
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