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Junta tightens its grip on charities helping the dead and dying
As a volunteer medic and ambulance driver in Mandalay, Ko Htet Myat* dodged bullets while colleagues were beaten and arrested...
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Resistance blazes amid the ashes of Khin-U
In Sagaing, a region of Myanmar’s central Dry Zone, a township of farmers has emerged as a stronghold of the...
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Several people killed in Myanmar military ambush of Sagaing resistance checkpoint
At least six people were killed when 50 Myanmar army troops hiding in a gravel-filled dump truck opened fire on...
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Myanmar Junta Boosts Military Funding Shortly Before Budget Year Ends
Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has approved an additional military budget of more than 440 billion kyats (around US$155...
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‘The junta is heartless’: Landmine victims blame Myanmar military
Chiang Mai, Thailand – Three months after she was forced to flee her village in Kayah State to avoid an...
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U.N. council demands end to Myanmar violence in first resolution in decades
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council adopted its first resolution on Myanmar in 74 years on...
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Myanmar Junta Troops Kill 4 Civilians, Burn 6 Villages in Indaw
Junta troops killed four civilians in an arson attack on six villages in Sagaing’s Indaw Township on the border with...
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Call to save Rohingya refugees adrift at sea without water, food
A group of politicians in Southeast Asia has urged regional governments to immediately launch a search and rescue operation for...
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Thousands flee as Myanmar military secures Letpadaung area for Chinese workers
A military operation to secure the area around the Letpadaung copper mine in Sagaing Region’s Salingyi Township has forced nearly...
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‘Afraid of the gun’: Military coup fuels Myanmar resource grab
Htu Seng has spent the past decade defending the land and environment of her native Kachin State but it was...
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