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Guest Column
Let’s be clear: One side of the conflict is defending itself against a barbaric opponent; we must resist characterizations that equate ‘violence’ committed by the two.
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Guest Column
China’s border security and economic interests will benefit from stability in Myanmar; to achieve this, Beijing should support the people’s efforts to end military rule.
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Guest Column
Hit-and-run clashes with ethnic Burmese fighters in the heartland and urban guerrilla warfare now complicate the Tatmadaw’s traditional task of containing ethnic armies.
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Burma
Nearly half the population is in poverty due to the effects of the military takeover, conflict and COVID, the UN’s aid chief in Myanmar said, calling for more funding.
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Burma
OHCHR chief Michelle Bachelet says the global community needs to do more to keep the situation from becoming a ‘full-blown conflict’.
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Burma
Erwyan Yusof said he made the proposal in a video meeting with the regime’s foreign minister.
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Analysis
After five months of worsening instability on its border, Beijing would be open to a negotiated settlement, some NLD insiders say.
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Guest Column
The NLD, NUG and CRPH should coordinate with ethnic civil society leaders, who have the infrastructure in place to help people affected by conflict, COVID and poverty.
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Burma
Global Witness has called for worldwide ban on the trade in Myanmar jade, warning that the regime plans a ‘massive fire sale to help it fund its operations’.
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Guest Column
If the nature of the conflict can be maintained as a national uprising, the military balance favors revolution by sheer force of numbers and willpower.
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Guest Column
Prioritizing humanitarian assistance in negotiations with the junta risks legitimizing it and delaying action needed to end the regime’s violence against civilians.
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Burma
State TV announced the seizure of thousands of homemade bombs and firearms amid a series of attacks on junta forces in Yangon and other urban areas.
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Burma
At least four soldiers and a civilian were injured in the surprise assault on troops based at a pagoda compound in restive Thaketa Township, locals said.
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Burma
The mother of wanted activists was jailed; a USDP member was shot dead in Sagaing; troops killed three people in Magwe; and blasts occurred in Yangon, Chin and Magwe.