The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
BY Frontier
As the military regime targets places of worship to break popular support for the resistance, Catholic communities caught up in the conflict are being denied the consolations of their religion.
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Malaysia is encouraging undocumented migrants to hand themselves in on the promise to repatriate rather than detain them, but many Myanmar migrants fear being arrested on their return or forced to serve in the military.
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Shwe Mann says he has acted in the public interest by working with the new NLD-led government but remained loyal to the USDP to the end, despite his removal as party chairman last year.
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David Starfire is a multi-instrumentalist composer, music producer, DJ, and record label owner known for mixing electronic music with traditional instruments from throughout the world.
BY Sam Cartmell
ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုး ပါတီ၏ အရေးပေါ်ပါတီ ညီလာခံအား ခေါ်ယူရန် တောင်းဆိုထားသည်ဟုဆို
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ရော့စ်လာမှာ ညာလက်နှင့် နဖူးတွင် ဒဏ်ရာများရရှိခဲ့ပြီး ဇင်မာမန်မှာ ပေါက်ကွဲမှုဖြစ်ပြီးနောက် ၎င်းဘယ်ဘက်နားမှာ မကြားရတော့ဟု သိရသည်။
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Exponents of one of Myanmar’s traditional martial arts are fighting to revive its popularity but face challenges from a younger generation more interested in other fighting techniques.
BY Thi Ri Han
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BY Sean Gleeson
There are unlikely parallels between Spain in 1936 and Myanmar today, and one is expectation tinged with realism about whether the future will be a better place.
BY Khin Zaw Win
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