There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.
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Members of the former ruling party have followed different paths since the 2021 coup, with some lying low and others taking up arms, while the continued imprisonment and recent deaths of party leaders raise questions about its future.
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The exclusion of many Muslim candidates from the November 8 polls was one of the black spots of the election.
It was headline news when the leader of the National League for Democracy called for reconciliation after the November 8 election. A similar call after the 2010 poll did not get past the censors.
Myanmar’s private sector newspapers need to start turning a profit but face challenges from state-run publications and digital media.
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