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The clashes are seen as a setback to ongoing efforts to unify rival coalitions of armed groups operating in Chin State ...
Thousands of refugees have crossed into India's northeastern state of Mizoram after clashes between two anti-junta armed groups in neighbouring Myanmar, Indian authorities said on Monday.
The NUG dismissed the junta’s invitation to armed groups to work with it ahead of the regime’s planned election as ‘a ...
Ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army said regime is violating quake truce with deadly airstrikes on civilians.
Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged the discharge of 93 minors from its armed forces, responding to a recent ...
"To date, only 18 suspected minor cases remain pending verification," a government-run committee said in a statement published in the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper. It is unclear when the 93 ...
The World Bank has forecast a 2.5% contraction in GDP, while direct damage is estimated at billion. Religious groups continue ...
Myanmar's ruling junta claimed on Friday that it had already released 93 children from military service, responding to a recent UN report that accused it of widespread child recruitment. The military ...
United in their opposition to the junta, Myanmar’s disparate rebel groups have loosely organized themselves into the People’s Defense Force, the armed wing of Myanmar’s shadow government.
International banks are playing a significant role in the Myanmar military junta’s ability to carry out its systematic and deadly assault on the people, a new United Nations-backed report has found.
Myanmar’s pro-democracy forces offer the only pathway to a durable peace. ... The junta is facing military setbacks at the hands of an alliance of opposition forces across the country.
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