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More than a dozen Rohingya die when boat capsizes off Myanmar coast

More than a dozen Rohingya die when boat capsizes off Myanmar coast

About 90 people, including women and children, were aboard the boat heading to Malaysia

Biden unveils US Indo-Pacific economic plan after summits in Japan, South Korea

Biden unveils US Indo-Pacific economic plan after summits in Japan, South Korea

More countries join the president's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity.

Myanmar junta tribunal sentences 7 youths to death in Yangon

Myanmar junta tribunal sentences 7 youths to death in Yangon

As of March 11, army tribunals in the Yangon region have sentenced more than 150 people to death or life in prison.

Myanmar junta gets effective diplomatic downgrade as a result of military coup

Myanmar junta gets effective diplomatic downgrade as a result of military coup

Ambassador postings are on hold at some Western missions in what opponents call a rebuke to the regime.

Thousands of homes burned by soldiers in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

Many victims have been forced to live in tents in the forest as the rainy season starts.

Conflict between Myanmar’s proxy forces may outlast a political resolution

Conflict between Myanmar’s proxy forces may outlast a political resolution

Violence is creating bad blood between the groups, whose fighters are often residents of neighboring villages.

Filippo Grandi (center), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, talks with Rohingya refugees during his visit to the Kutupalong camp in Ukhia, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, May 22, 2022.

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“I will put maximum pressure on all donor partners,” Filippo Grandi says.

People fleeing fighting in Sagaing region's Khin Oo township shelter under a tree, May 15, 2022.

Mobile phone service cut amid heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Sagaing

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A spokesman for an opposition group said junta forces were trying to disguise their movements.

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In Myanmar, daily commute gets tougher

In Myanmar, daily commute gets tougher

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China’s border restrictions hard to swallow for Myanmar’s sugarcane growers

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Self back patting in Myanmar

Self back patting in Myanmar
An uneasy truce is under threat in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

An uneasy truce is under threat in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

A growing military presence has drawn warnings from the insurgent Arakan Army.

Family and relatives pray next to the body of a Muslim woman whose family said was killed by the army during her funeral service in Mandalay, March 1, 2021.

New civilian death toll since coup ‘unprecedented’ in Myanmar’s history

A research institute says more than 5,600 civilians have been killed since February 2021.

Buildings destroyed by a military arson attack in Ye Oo township's Mon Taing Pin village, May 14, 2022.

Junta troops murder 3 dozen civilians over 4 days in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

Members of the Arakan Army in an undated photo.

Myanmar’s shadow government holds talks with powerful Arakan Army

Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah responds to a reporter’s question during a press conference at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, May 14, 2022.

Malaysian FM: ‘Junta should be more open to ASEAN proposals’

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Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into notorious Myanmar prison

Smuggled sketches offer glimpses into notorious Myanmar prison

The military coup

Power grab in Myanmar

Power grab in Myanmar


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