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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Ethnic politics is dominating the election race in Rakhine State, where an increasingly confident Rakhine National Party covets the chief minister’s position and the divide between Buddhists and Muslims continues to fester.
Myanmar’s ruling party on Wednesday denied previous reports that they had dismissed House Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann from their ranks.
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Micro-hydropower projects have the potential to provide electricity to rural areas throughout much of Myanmar but risk being sidelined by the World Bank-funded National Electrification Plan.
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ဒုတိယကမ္ဘာစစ်အတွင်း ပျောက်ဆုံးနေသော လေတပ်သားများ၏ အကြွင်းအကျန်များကို ရှာဖွေရန် အမေရိကန်နိုင်ငံ၏ ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်မှုသည် ရလဒ် မရရှိသေးဘဲ အငြင်းပွားဖွယ် ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိမှု တစ်ခုဖြင့်သာ အဆုံးသတ်ခဲ့သည်။
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It’s no secret that Thura U Shwe Mann has long coveted the presidency. Recent comments show his ambition to assume the nation’s top job remains intact, despite a difficult few months.
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