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.
BY Frontier
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.
BY Frontier
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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A $250m upgrade funded by the Japanese government is good news for commuters, who have long been waiting for better service on the Yangon Circle Line railway.
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မှန်ကန်သင့်တော်တဲ့ အရည်အချင်းနဲ့ လုပ်ငန်းကျွမ်းကျင်မှုရှိတဲ့ လူငယ်ပရော်ဖက်ရှင်နယ်တွေ၊ နည်းပညာရှင် တွေ ရှားပါးတာကြောင့် အလုပ်သမားဈေးကွက်အတွင်းက လုပ်ခလစာနှုန်းထားတွေ မြင့်တက်လျက်ရှိပါတယ်။
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The influential 88 Generation member on Suu Kyi, the election, and the thorny issue of Rakhine State.
BY Hans Hulst
A consortium of ten Western donor governments is set to launch a new fund to bolster Myanmar’s fraught peace process.
A tense calm prevails in Laukkai as the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone recovers from months of fighting earlier this year.
BY Mawkun
A new report says IT growth in Myanmar must come in line with measures to protect human rights in the industry.
BY Oliver Slow
The first private sector drug companies are poised to begin production, easing Myanmar’s reliance on imported pharmaceuticals.
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