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Communities strive to shield youth from conscription: Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription ...
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Human Rights Defenders: The former rebel running a school for migrant children: News from Myanmar in recent years have been downbeat, with many human rights ...
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Myanmar rebel group says it withdraws from key town on Thai border: A Myanmar rebel group has withdrawn its troops from a town along the Thai border following a ...
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A senior Myanmar military official has not been seen in public for weeks following a drone attack, leading to speculation he might have been wounded ... Show more
Aung San Suu Kyi Moved to Unknown Location Amid Heat Wave: The unexpected relocation was attributed to a heat wave, and came as the military government is facing ...
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Fear stalks communities in Rakhine State: Renewed fighting in Rakhine between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army has brought renewed insecurity ...
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#BangkokPost : As the battle against the Myanmar junta intensifies, the allied resistance forces have gained momentum with the seizure of the border town of Myawaddy ... Show more #opinion #government #Myanmar #security #border #Myawaddy
For over a year, the whereabouts of Myanmar’s jailed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been a mystery. But a source close to her legal team told Radio Free ... Show more
Myanmar’s figurehead vice president, a rare holdover from Suu Kyi's civilian government, steps down
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A powerful ethnic army has captured another base from Myanmar’s junta forces, this time in the far south of the country, in the latest in a string of setbacks ... Show more #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/dawei-capture-04252024045436.html
Myanmar junta loses ground as insurgency gains momentum: Fall of border town of Myawaddy is a blow to military regime already reeling from poor morale
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Myanmar military faces humiliating rout on Thai border
Officials of the military regime have fled the eastern town of Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar border in ... Show more asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myanmar-Crisis/Myanmar-military-faces-humiliating-rout-on-Thai-border
Rebels raise flag at seized Myanmar base, commander confident of retaining control
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‘Really puzzling’: Myanmar’s uranium mystery: The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ...
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An artist’s interpretation based on interviews with family and a prisoner depicts Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw Prison, Myanmar ... Show more
Clashes break out at Thai-Myanmar border between soldiers, armed groups: Thai police say the latest violence was triggered when Karen groups launched an attack ...
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US report: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya took place last year: The annual US human rights report also says that Uyghurs remain in internment camps in China.
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Myanmar Rebels Take Key Trading Town, but Counteroffensive Looms: The fall of Myawaddy, on the Thai border, was one of the most significant gains by resistance ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/12/world/asia/myanmar-rebels-myawaddy.html
‘Living in fear’: RCSS conscription kicks off: The Restoration Council of Shan State has ramped up forced conscription in its headquarters region ...
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Myanmar's detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the Southeast Asian nation's ruling junta as ... Show more
Myanmar’s military staged a coup in 2021, strangling democratic reforms and jailing much of the country’s civilian leadership ... Show more www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/20/world/asia/myanmar-civil-war.html
In a rebel-held Myanmar town, fragile unity pushes junta to the brink: MYAWADDY, Myanmar: Myawaddy, a critical trading post in Myanmar that rebel forces seized ...
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After years of struggle, a motley fellowship of resistance fighters have won key victories over Myanmar’s military regime, possibly turning the tide of the war ... Show more www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/asia/myanmar-war-rebels.html
‘Business is back’: BGF adapts under pressure: The Kayin State Border Guard Force announced its separation from the Myanmar military, and is trying to ...
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About 1,300 people flee from Myanmar to Thailand after clashes in key border town
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Quick Glance: Refugees Flee Violence in Southeastern Myanmar
- Thousands of people from Myanmar’s Kayin (Karen) State have fled to Thailand to escape the fighting between the junta and ethnic Karen troops.
- The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) captured the last military outpost in Myawaddy, leading to retreat and reinforcement by junta forces.
- The battles intensified, causing an influx of refugees crossing the Moei River into Thailand, with Thai authorities offering humanitarian aid.
- Thailand is fortifying its border defenses and providing assistance to refugees as the situation remains tense along the border.
Myanmar’s junta loses key base to rebel forces: Defeat is latest setback to regime as it struggles to bolster army and reassert control
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🇲🇲Big battlefield losses and drone attacks at Naypyitaw headquarters are having a psychological effect on the junta ⬇️
Myanmar anti-regime drones chase and attack military generals: BANGKOK/YANGON -- Senior generals of the Myanmar military have become the targets of drone attacks ...
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Thailand has warned Myanmar's junta and a powerful ethnic army against encroaching on its territory in their battle for control of a city near the two ... Show more #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/thailand-myanmar-warning-04242024033926.html
Myanmar’s junta is losing ever more ground: Our correspondent spent three days with one rebel group
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Ethnic Mon groups announce anti-junta alliance in southern Myanmar: The Mon State Revolutionary Force and Mon State Defense Force were formed after the 2021 coup ...
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Southeast Asians Don’t Really Care About the Myanmar Crisis: A recent survey of regional elite opinion shows a surprising lack of regional concern about the ...
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Myanmar military loses border town in another big defeat: A coalition of opposition forces in Myanmar has taken control of the busiest border crossing into ...
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#BangkokPost : Three years after the coup on Feb 1, 2021, the Myanmar military government, aka the "Tatmadaw", has suffered significant losses as a result of ... Show more #opinion #Myanmar #politics
Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: Those who refuse to denounce the Arakan Army are made to pay fines.
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#Myanmar junta forces hundreds of Rohingya Muslims to protest an ethnic rebel offensive in Rakhine state
Delays, extortion and forced ID changes common for Muslims at government offices: Imagine being suddenly given a new nationality or ethnicity by a government ...
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During coup leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s Thingyan – or water festival – visit to Mandalay division’s Pyin Oo Lwin city on Sunday ... Show more
How the New UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Should Approach Her Impossible Mission: Former Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop faces an unenviable task in ...
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Myanmar Military Reoccupies Myawaddy Base as Karen Rebels Withdraw: The Karen National Union said that its forces were pulling back from the important border hub ...
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Thai PM says issue of Myanmar dialogue remains sensitive: Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday there were sensitive issues to consider regarding ...
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China's military plans more drills near Myanmar border: China will hold air defence and live-fire drills near its border with Myanmar from Wednesday ...
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Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin says now is a good time to talk to Myanmar's military rulers as they get weaker after seizing power in the 2021 coup www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thai-pm-says-myanmar-regime-losing-strength-2024-04-08/
Moving Towards Understanding and Reconciliation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: Recent comments by the commander of the Arakan Army have prompted a heated debate ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/moving-towards-understanding-and-reconciliation-in-myanmars-rakhine-state/
RFA spoke with Kim Aris and Australian economist Sean Turnell, who was imprisoned with the jailed Myanmar leader, about the conditions of her confinement.
Myanmar's embattled junta now wants help from Muslim Rohingyas: Several Rohingyas who have confirmed that army officers have been going around the camps and ...
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UN must start treating Myanmar crisis with the urgency it requires: The April 4 meeting of the UN Security Council on Myanmar was not just a diplomatic formality ...
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Myanmar’s New Taxation and Conscription Policies Are Likely to Increase Irregular Migration
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Singapore has responded to UN pressure by cracking down on sales of weapons through its territory to Myanmar, delivering a serious blow to the embattled ... Show more www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/12/singapore-tightens-screws-on-myanmar-generals-with-arms-trade-crackdown
Fight back or flee? Myanmar draft forces hard choices on youth: Weeks after Myanmar's military government announced a nationwide draft, two young women from ...
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Myanmar Military Releases Over 3,000 Prisoners in Thingyan Amnesty: Among those released was Dr. Hkalam Samson, a prominent Kachin Christian leader ...
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Thailand Ready to Accept 100,000 Refugees, Foreign Minister Says: The impending fall of the border town of Myawaddy to ethnic Karen rebels has raised fears of ...
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Southeast Asians Don’t Really Care About the Myanmar Crisis: A recent survey of regional elite opinion shows a surprising lack of regional concern about the ...
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Arakan Army attacks another junta border outpost in western Myanmar: The push in Rakhine state follows an assault on a nearby outpost that caused several hundred ...
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Reuters World News: Myanmar's rebels and other top stories: Iran signals to Washington that it will respond to Israel's attack on its Syrian embassy in a way ...
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Ethnic Karen Rebels Complete Capture of Strategic Myanmar Border Crossing: The fall of Myawaddy, a major hub of overland trade between Myanmar and Thailand ...
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Myanmar's worst violence since the military takeover is intensifying the crisis, the UN says
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Displaced by conflict in Myanmar, thousands of Rohingya gather along Bangladesh border seeking refuge
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Rohingya ordered by Myanmar officer to ‘fight for our faith’: Conscription among the stateless Muslim minority long-targeted for their religion is violent and ...
rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/rohingya-conscription-04092024152737.html
Elon Musk postpones India visit | Solomon Islands' Pro-China PM wins : Watch in the top headlines of the hour: - Elon Musk postpones India visit - Myanmar ...
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Anti-coup forces claim control of key Myanmar border town: Hundreds of troops reported to have surrendered in ‘major blow’ to generals who seized power in ...
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/8/anti-coup-forces-claim-control-of-key-myanmar-border-town
Myanmar Resistance Forces Launch Drone Attack on Capital: The daring kamikaze drone attack did not cause much damage, but its political significance cannot be ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/myanmar-resistance-forces-launch-drone-attack-on-capital/
Rohingya men recruited as militia are seen at a junta training site in this image from a video posted to social media in March 2024 ... Show more
Myanmar: Military begins basic training to draftees under conscription law: Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the ...
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Myanmar refugees take shelter in Thailand's Mae Sot: Mae Sot has become an uneasy refuge for Burmese on the run, akin to Cold War-era Berlin or Casablanca.
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Thai Air Force planes patrol airspace near Myanmar border as fighting escalates: BANGKOK: In a Facebook post on Wednesday (April 10), the Royal Thai Air Force ...
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/11/thai-air-force-planes-patrol-airspace-near-myanmar-border-as-fighting-escalates
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