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Interview
U San Kyaw Hla says the state legislature is doing what it can to end rights abuses and inequality; he calls for peace through dialogue and an end to the internet shutdown.
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Burma
After several Arakenese migrants were deported from Singapore last week, all have since wound up in government detention. Their relatives are searching for answers.
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Burma
Ethnic armed group says gunship bombed, strafed its positions after Tatmadaw sustained heavy losses in fierce clash; military denies ordering air strikes.
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Burma
The suggestion came at a meeting between the Karenni National Progressive Party and the Union government in Nayptitaw, amid still unsolved disputes between the two sides.
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Burma
What, beyond vanity, the sanctions may materially mean remains to be seen. “The leaders don’t travel to the US, and they need not travel there,” a spokesperson said.
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Burma
In proposed charter changes, ANP, SNLD and others call for immediate return to barracks, while the NLD suggests a gradual phasing out of the Tatmadaw from Parliament.
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Burma
The Ta’ang Human Rights Network said in a press release it has documented more then 170 victims of human rights by the RCSS.
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Burma
The military says it has formed a team to investigate "some" of the civilian deaths that have occurred in its custody in the war-torn state, amid mounting criticism.
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Burma
The military’s latest ceasefire draft requires troop and weapons information from NA member groups as a precondition for talks, sources tell The Irrawaddy.
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News
After Singaporean police escorted a second batch of Arakenese deportees to Yangon this week, seven of them—including an AA chief’s brother—have since been arrested.
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Burma
The revolutionary fighter for Shan independence died in July 1991. Shan people have gathered at the home he died in to honor him.
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Burma
It is currently the rice growing season in Shan State and famers are continuing to attempt to grow food on the land, despite widespread fears of landmines left behind.
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Burma
Singapore Home Affiars accuse the deportees and the brother of an AA chief still in the custody of organizing and raising funds for the Arakan Army from Singapore.
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Asia
Intense rains killed an elderly woman and a 5-year-old boy in the precarious refugee camps near the Myanmar-Bangladesh border, as the monsoon season begins.
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Analysis
A reluctance to engage with or listen to the wishes of ethnic communities and political parties mean the NLD will be more contested than ever in the upcoming election.
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