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.
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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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The Constitutional Tribunal is in a stronger position to fulfill its mandate after enduring controversy not of its making under the outgoing government.
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More time is needed to draft a new Mines Law that prevents the human rights abuses seen in the past.
လှေသည် နေရပ်စွန့်ခွာ ထွက်ပြေးခဲ့ရသူများကို ထားရှိသည့် စခန်းတစ်ခုမှ ခရီးသည် ၆၀ ခန့်ကို တင်ဆောင်လာခဲ့သည်ဟု ကုလသမဂ္ဂက ပြောကြားသည်
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Long-standing internal divisions are threatening to tear apart the Arakan National Party amid its showdown with the National League for Democracy.
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For the first time in 76 years, the only surviving granddaughter of King Thibaw spoke recently in public in Yangon, where her family has been living quietly since 1919.
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