SBDF chief Bo Thanmani, son of a Rakhine communist rebel, was killed in a clash in Shwebo while using his group’s only assault rifle to cover his fighters, members say.
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Myanmar Regime Forces Shell Refugee Camp as Woman Gives Birth
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A heavily pregnant young woman had to flee her village in Karen State and gave birth to her second son in an IDP camp as regime artillery shells fell all around her.
Ousted Myanmar MP Vows to Continue Anti-Junta Struggle to Which Her Father Gave His Life
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Sought by the junta, NLD member Myat Thida Htun draws strength from her last conversation with her father, who passed away after going into hiding following the coup.
Honest, Brave, Hardworking: Myanmar’s Detained President Has Always Put Country First
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U Win Myint’s insistence that he would rather die when told to quit by the generals doesn’t surprise those familiar with his decades of self-sacrifice as a politician.
Myanmar LGBTQ Makeup Artist Swaps Beauty Salon for Border Hideout and Revolution
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Having narrowly escaped arrest for his anti-junta activities, May Oo sometimes misses his former life but is focused on helping the revolution achieve a better future.
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The town in northwest Myanmar is at the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus crisis, while local resistance fighters battle junta forces.
In Myanmar, Pair of Protest Activists Share Common Goal: Root Out Dictatorship
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Meet two of the most prominent faces in the protests in Mandalay and Monywa.
Myanmar Migrants Flock to Bangkok to Vote
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Registered voters based in Thailand are taking time off work, traveling overnight and braving COVID-19 restrictions to take part in the Nov. 8 general election.
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Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the fifth of six articles about touring by car outside Yangon, Oliver Hargreave visits Mawlamyine’s surrounds, finding war graves, a huge Buddha and a seaside pagoda.
Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the fourth of six articles about touring by car outside of Yangon, Oliver Hargreave discovers Hpa-an and its surrounding attractions, before heading to Mawlamyine.
While Elephants Enjoy Some Rest, Humans Suffer as COVID-19 Hits Thai Tourism
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At one of Thailand's biggest elephant parks in Chiang Mai, the pachyderms and Myanmar migrants wait in vain for tourists to return.
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In the second of six articles about touring by car outside of Yangon, Oliver Hargreave journeys through Bago before making it to Mon State’s Thaton by nightfall.
Westerner Behind the Wheel
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In the first of six articles about touring by car outside Yangon, Oliver Hargreave describes his first experience driving in Myanmar.
Weaving Local Threads: How A Myanmar Designer Built Her Brand, Art Che Lone
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A local Yangon clothing designer has built a made-in-Myanmar brand selling trendy, colorful and simple clothes for women, made entirely from Inle Lake cotton.
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Myanmar Regime Troops Kill 17 Civilians in Two Days in Sagaing
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