As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?
Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...
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Myanmar junta enacts foreign travel ban for people of conscription age
The junta has strengthened its mandatory recruitment law, requiring those who meet the age and health criteria for military ...
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Thai Immigration Officials Feed Myanmar Deportees Into Junta’s War Machine
Myanmar men deported from Ranong describe a system in which junta officials routinely visit a Thai detention center to ...
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Editor in exile: One journalist’s daring escape from Myanmar
Index travels to Germany to meet exiled newspaper editor Kyaw Min Swe, who faced torture and imprisonment at the hands of the ...
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Born and raised in Thailand, yet drafted into Myanmar’s army
The adult children of Myanmar migrants in Thailand face a new threat, as deportation could now mean being sent to the ...
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Myanmar military continues genocidal practices against Rohingya despite ICJ order: report
The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) published a comprehensive report on Wednesday revealing systematic violations against the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar's Rakhine State. The findings ...
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Exiled Myanmar musicians find new voices after coup
Once a full-time musician who toured throughout Myanmar, indie-pop star Linnith now finds himself in vastly different ...
Myanmar: Where China wants election, West and its allies want it deferred
As Myanmar’s military junta has announced the intention to hold elections this year, China has supported the move whereas the ...
China says it brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar army and an ethnic rebel group
China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s ...
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At Langkawi meet, Asean ministers tell Myanmar to focus on ceasefire in civil war instead of elections
Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar’s junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during ...