The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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As fighting spreads to southern Rakhine, thousands have fled for neighbouring Ayeyarwady, where they’ve had a frosty reception as the junta tightens security in one of its few remaining stable strongholds.
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Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Local defence forces armed with homemade guns are inflicting heavy blows on the Tatmadaw, but some groups worry how long they can hold out without greater support from the National Unity Government.
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In her first in-person court appearance after a series of online hearings, the ousted civilian leader vowed that the National League for Democracy would "exist as long as the people exist".
BY AFP
Dozens of members of the junta’s security forces were killed on May 23, fighters in a civilian resistance group said, amid heavy fighting in Kayah and southern Shan states.
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More expensive inputs, declining crop prices and a possible dearth of affordable credit could push millions of farmers into destitution and debt.
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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing added that the regime wants to establish a “federal state based on multi-party democracy” within a year but mooted a further six-month extension of the state of emergency.
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Union Election Commission chair Thein Soe told a meeting of political parties on Friday that National League for Democracy leaders could also be prosecuted as “traitors to the nation”.
BY AFP
Japanese journalist and former Insein detainee Yuki Kitazumi says he hopes "the power of the Japanese government that got me released will be used for people in Myanmar".
BY AFP
To secure international support and an inclusive future, the National Unity Government must pledge to defend the rights of everyone in the country – including the Rohingya.
A Chinland Defence Force spokesperson said the group had retreated into the forest in the Chin State township after days of Tatmadaw bombardment, but would “come back to attack soon”.
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