Ruthless crackdowns, including mass arrests, have largely quelled protests in Myanmar’s capital, but the regime has struggled to crush the spirit of the Civil Disobedience Movement despite prosecuting leading members.
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Ruthless crackdowns, including mass arrests, have largely quelled protests in Myanmar’s capital, but the regime has struggled to crush the spirit of the Civil Disobedience Movement despite prosecuting leading members.
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As junta forces increasingly refuse to return the bodies of those they've slain, the pain of grieving families is being exacerbated by uncertainty.
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A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of Myanmar Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company.
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Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited has asked the Singapore High Court to order Fraser and Neave to sell its stake in Myanmar Brewery
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The rift within the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party started long before it began choosing candidates for the November 8 general election and the speculation about the political future of President U Thein Sein.
U Saw Silver has long been cured of the leprosy he contracted in his teens, but the disease was diagnosed too late to prevent it causing permanent damage to his hands and feet, where the digits have almost entirely disappeared.
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It was in 1997, during his second term in prison, when U Thet Naing came up with his audacious plan. He was serving a seven-year sentence after leading fellow garment workers in a protest for better pay and conditions.
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Is it time to arrest U Aung Min? Well, no. That would be stupid. But civil society actors are regularly imprisoned under the Unlawful Associations Act for contacting non-state armed groups – a fate that has yet to befall the government’s peace negotiator-in-chief.
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