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Commentary
Wa leaders finally have the helicopter so long speculated about in local and foreign media. What does its purchase say about the power balance in Myanmar’s northeast?
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Guest Column
Conveniently for the military, the Myanmar government and the international community have opted to push a discredited ‘development over peace’ strategy in Karen State.
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Burma
A military MP received a warning from the Myanmar Parliament Speaker after angrily complaining about the accidental omission of one of the military’s amendment proposals.
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Burma
The Karen National Union denounced a Tatmadaw general’s claim that they are taking the “narrow view” of the military’s project to expand a road in Karen State.
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Burma
It is the first time the military has invited the former commander-in-chief since he was forced to retire from the military in 1976.
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Burma
The alleged killings of nearly 300 people—mostly civilians—by troops in Rakhine in 2017 will be investigated and courts-martial will be conducted, the military said.
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Burma
A Kachin pastor who spent two weeks in jail for celebrating Kachin Revolution Day said the order to release him and his colleague ‘came from the top’ of the military.
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Burma
The Lower House has voted in support of an election commission proposal requiring military personnel and their families to cast their votes outside military barracks.
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Burma
Myanmar taxpayers are bearing the burden of repaying the loan to China Development Bank.
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Burma
The Shan State Progressive Party says it is considering signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement this year if it will move Myanmar towards political reform.
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Analysis
The Rakhine conflict is increasingly marked by civilian casualties, for which neither of the warring parties is being held accountable.
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Burma
Fighting between Myanmar’s army and the Arakan Army has blocked food supplies to Paletwa in Chin State and left hundreds of civilians stranded.
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Commentary
On a cold night in Shan State’s Loi Tai Leng recently, army generals shared whiskey with ethnic commanders; what does the uneasy camaraderie signal for the peace process?
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Burma
A Rakhine factory worker says he was beaten by Myanmar's military in his village as fighting with the Arakan Army intensifies.
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Burma
Myanmar’s President U Win Myint has quoted Gen. Aung San to demand the military stop meddling in politics during a ceremony to unveil a statue of the independence hero.
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