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Myanmar Army rains artillery on a town held by a civilian resistance group

The resistance group is led by armed local policemen, angry youths armed with locally made wea…

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Top Japanese yakuza mobster arrested in New York over plot to sell drugs to buy surface-to-air missiles, says DoJ

Takeshi Ebisawa, 57, is accused of conspiring to sell methamphetamine and heroin in the US to purch…

Alia Shoaib   


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Myanmar's military leader claims role of prime minister, vows to stay in power at least another 2 years

Gen. Min Aung Hlaing vowed to hold multi-party elections before the state of emergency ends.

Vanessa Gu   


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Jade mining in Myanmar is a $31 billion industry, and it's now in the hands of the corrupt military junta

A military coup in February has given Burmese junta leaders free rein of the jade mines in Myanmar,…

Matthew Loh   


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Armed rebels have declared war on the Myanmar junta, and the country is gearing up for all-out urban warfare

Violence in Myanmar took on a new tone on Tuesday when armed members of the People's Defense Force …

Cheryl Teh   


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Myanmar's junta-backed election commission called Aung San Suu Kyi's party 'traitors' and says it will dissolve the NLD

The chairman of the junta-linked commission cited "election fraud" as his rationale.

Cheryl Teh   


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Burmese expats grapple with survivors' guilt amid ongoing Myanmar crisis: 'Good versus evil has never been so obvious'

Ongoing internet outages and security concerns have made it difficult for expats to keep in contact…

Erin Snodgrass   


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A Myanmar poet died while in detention. His family says his body was returned with organs removed.

Khet Thi's work opposed the military and he had penned the phrase: "They shoot in the head, but the…

Sarah Al-Arshani   


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Obama urges the world to keep paying attention to Myanmar and the 'heartbreaking violence against civilians'

Hundreds have been killed in Myanmar and thousands detained since a military coup that ousted the c…

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Myanmar enters its second year of internet blackout - the longest in the world

Myanmar's government has been battling the Arakan Army (AA), an armed group fighting for the ind…

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Myanmar's military regime shuts down broadband Internet service in the country

Myanmar's military regime has shut down broadband Internet service as protests over the coup contin…

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Facebook just banned Myanmar's top army official for 'serious human rights abuses'

Facebook has come in for considerable criticism for its role in spreading misinformation in Myanmar…

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Myanmar has had an internet blackout for a year. Some of its citizens still don't know there's a pandemic.

On 21 June 2019, Myanmar imposed an internet blackout on 9 cities and townships.

Isobel Asher Hamilton   


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Adani Ports divested by Norwegian pension fund KLP on alleged ties with Myanmar junta, says it is an 'unacceptable risk' to its investment

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd has been excluded from investment by Norway's largest pen…

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Indian Government says Myanmar operation a lesson for terror groups

On June 04, 18 Indian army soldiers were killed and 15 other injured in Manipur in a militant strik…

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12 insurgents handed over by Myanmar, 206 others test COVID negative in Manipur

The Myanmarese army on Friday had handed over to India22 insurgents wanted in Assam and Manipur in …

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Indian Army Chief and Nepal's Prime Minister Oli discussed bilateral issues after bitter border row early this year

Indian Army chief Gen.M M Naravane on Friday called on Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and disc…

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Indian Army enters Myanmar, guns down 15 militants and sends out a strong ‘don’t mess with us’ message

The Indian Army’s elite special forces inflicted casualties in Myanmar in response to an attack on …

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Indian Army Chief Gen MM Naravane to begin three day Nepal visit today amid border tensions with China

Naravane's visit is largely aimed at resetting relations with the Himalayan nation after the ties c…

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A year after a showdown on 'the roof of the world,' India is gearing up to take on China at sea

As the site of some of the world's most important trade routes, the Indian Ocean's value is hard to…

Benjamin Brimelow