A 20-year-old medic with the Underground Lightning Guerrilla Group died in a heavy artillery blast in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region, the anti-junta militia said in a statement.Su Mon Htet was on a frontline mission...
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Myanmar’s opposition party refuses to re-register under new junta law
Myanmar’s ousted opposition party – once led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who is now jailed – refused to re-register under a new law imposed by the ruling military junta ahead of general elections...
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Myanmar migrants face being exploited under Thai deportation system
Burmese political activists Cherry and Min Thura were walking to a cafe in the Thai border city of Mae Sot when they were stopped by the police. What happened next was the beginning of...
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Bloody toll: At least 363 women killed in Myanmar by junta troops since coup
By the time they heard the soldiers enter their village, it was too late to flee. The three women – Nyo Kyin, 50, Aye Aye Win, 40, and her 13-year-old daughter Moe Yi –...
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Myanmar refugees arrested by Indian police in Manipur
Nearly 150 refugees escaping violence in Myanmar have been arrested by Indian police in the eastern border state of Manipur over the past several days, sources in the area told RFA, including at least...
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ASEAN chair Indonesia: Won’t resort to ‘megaphone diplomacy’ with Myanmar
Indonesia said Monday it would be “impossible” to resolve the crisis in Myanmar during Jakarta’s term as ASEAN chair and that it wouldn’t resort to “megaphone diplomacy” to force the Burmese junta to implement...
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Myanmar’s junta chief meets Thai counterpart at beach resort to discuss military ties
Myanmar’s junta chief met with his Thai counterpart at a Myanmar beach resort on Thursday for talks that will likely focus on military relations and stability issues along their 1,500-mile (2,415-kilometer) border, according to...
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Junta and Arakan Army swap prisoners in Rakhine state
Myanmar’s military and the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army have exchanged prisoners as a seven-week ceasefire still holds.The Jan. 15 prisoner swap took place near Rakhine state’s Ponnagyun township, a local witness, who did not...
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ASEAN chair Indonesia to set up special envoy office on Myanmar
ASEAN chair Indonesia will set up a special envoy’s office to deal with the post-coup crisis in Myanmar but not allow that country to hold the regional bloc hostage, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said...
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Junta airstrike kills 5 Chin National Front soldiers
A junta military airstrike on the Chin National Front headquarters in Chin State killed five of its soldiers and injured at least 10, locals told RFA.Five fighter jets attacked the headquarters at Camp Victoria...
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