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Analysis: Myanmar Conflict - Rise Of Arakan Army And Implications for India
In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the biggest of all the rebel groups, is now in control of large parts of the Rakhine province.
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11 Killed In Military Air Strike On Teashop In Myanmar
Eleven people were killed when a teashop in Myanmar was hit by a military airstrike in the town of Naungcho in the northern Shan state on Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson for a local ethnic armed group said.
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Myanmar Military Extends Emergency Rule For Another 6 Months: Report
The military put the country under emergency rule for a year when it took power in a February 2021 coup, deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.
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Myanmar Shop Owners Are Being Jailed For Giving A Raise To Their Employees. Here's Why
Wage increases are seen as undermining the regime by making people believe that inflation is rising.
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UN Chief Condems Myanmar Military's Deadly Attack On Rohingya Civilians
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar's military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state.
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Accused Arrested In Transnational Terror Case From Imphal Airport, He Met Kuki Insurgents In Myanmar: NIA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a key accused from Imphal airport in a case of a transnational conspiracy by insurgents and terrorist groups to exploit the Manipur situation and spread terror in the northeastern state.
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Myanmar Stops Foreign Work Permits After Military Service Law Sparks Rush
Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country. In 2020, 4 million Myanmar nationals were working abroad.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved From Prison To House Arrest: "Very Hot Weather"
Jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military official said Wednesday, as the junta announced a heatwave had prompted measures to protect inmates.
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Myanmar Army Behind Facebook Pages Spewing Hate Speech Against Rohingya: UN Probe
Myanmar's military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingya prior to its dramatic 2017 crackdown against the mostly Muslim minority, a UN probe found Wednesday.
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3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on Monday.
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Thousands Seek To Flee Myanmar As Junta Plans Mandatory Military Service
More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.
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Myanmar Plans Mandatory Military Service For Young People In April: Report
Myanmar's ruling military plans to call up young people for mandatory service from April and also require retired security personnel to serve, media reports cited a junta spokesman as saying, as the army struggles to crush an anti-junta
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Myanmar Junta Enforces Mandatory Military Service For Young People: Report
Myanmar's junta has declared mandatory military service for all young men and women, state media said on Saturday, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the country.
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Will Do "Whatever It Takes" To Crush Opposition, Says Myanmar Junta Chief
Myanmar's military will do "whatever it takes" to crush opposition to its rule, its top general said on Wednesday, after the junta extended a state of emergency and further delayed elections.
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Myanmar Extends State Of Emergency By 6 Months, Elections Delayed Again
Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council agreed on Wednesday to extend a state of emergency by six months, the junta said, again delaying elections the military has promised to hold.
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Analysis: Myanmar Conflict - Rise Of Arakan Army And Implications for India
In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army, the biggest of all the rebel groups, is now in control of large parts of the Rakhine province.
-
11 Killed In Military Air Strike On Teashop In Myanmar
Eleven people were killed when a teashop in Myanmar was hit by a military airstrike in the town of Naungcho in the northern Shan state on Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson for a local ethnic armed group said.
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Myanmar Military Extends Emergency Rule For Another 6 Months: Report
The military put the country under emergency rule for a year when it took power in a February 2021 coup, deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.
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Myanmar Shop Owners Are Being Jailed For Giving A Raise To Their Employees. Here's Why
Wage increases are seen as undermining the regime by making people believe that inflation is rising.
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UN Chief Condems Myanmar Military's Deadly Attack On Rohingya Civilians
UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Thursday recent attacks by Myanmar's military that reportedly killed scores of civilians in western Rakhine state.
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Accused Arrested In Transnational Terror Case From Imphal Airport, He Met Kuki Insurgents In Myanmar: NIA
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested a key accused from Imphal airport in a case of a transnational conspiracy by insurgents and terrorist groups to exploit the Manipur situation and spread terror in the northeastern state.
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Myanmar Stops Foreign Work Permits After Military Service Law Sparks Rush
Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country. In 2020, 4 million Myanmar nationals were working abroad.
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Aung San Suu Kyi Moved From Prison To House Arrest: "Very Hot Weather"
Jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a military official said Wednesday, as the junta announced a heatwave had prompted measures to protect inmates.
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Myanmar Army Behind Facebook Pages Spewing Hate Speech Against Rohingya: UN Probe
Myanmar's military was behind dozens of seemingly unrelated Facebook pages spewing hate speech against the Rohingya prior to its dramatic 2017 crackdown against the mostly Muslim minority, a UN probe found Wednesday.
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3 Myanmar Brigadier Generals Sentenced To Death For Surrendering Town
Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on Monday.
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Thousands Seek To Flee Myanmar As Junta Plans Mandatory Military Service
More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.
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Myanmar Plans Mandatory Military Service For Young People In April: Report
Myanmar's ruling military plans to call up young people for mandatory service from April and also require retired security personnel to serve, media reports cited a junta spokesman as saying, as the army struggles to crush an anti-junta
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Myanmar Junta Enforces Mandatory Military Service For Young People: Report
Myanmar's junta has declared mandatory military service for all young men and women, state media said on Saturday, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the country.
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Will Do "Whatever It Takes" To Crush Opposition, Says Myanmar Junta Chief
Myanmar's military will do "whatever it takes" to crush opposition to its rule, its top general said on Wednesday, after the junta extended a state of emergency and further delayed elections.
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Myanmar Extends State Of Emergency By 6 Months, Elections Delayed Again
Myanmar's National Defence and Security Council agreed on Wednesday to extend a state of emergency by six months, the junta said, again delaying elections the military has promised to hold.
