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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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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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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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.
Former general and deputy minister for Home Affairs, U Maung Maung Ohn, was appointed Chief Minister of Rakhine State in 2014, replacing U Hla Maung. Although the Arakan National Party won a majority of seats in the Rakhine assembly last November, the National League for Democracy appointed as chief minister, the chair of its state branch, U Nyi Pu, an ethnic Rakhine.
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