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Myanmar junta ‘bombing schools’, with 170 sites hit in past three years – report

Analysis of imagery from conflict zones shows evidence of burned-out and flattened buildings, with long-term impacts on education

The Guardian - UK

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Strife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of independence hero Gen. Aung San

Myanmar’s military government has held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city to mark the 77th anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence heroes, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi

The Independent UK

The 10 most ‘risky’ cities in the world have been revealed for 2024

The 10 most ‘risky’ cities in the world have been revealed for 2024

Urban areas in Venezuela, Pakistan and Myanmar come with a safety warning

The Independent UK

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Couple murdered at their Pattaya restaurant

An Iranian man and his Thai wife were found murdered at their Iranian restaurant in Pattaya on Tuesday, and the prime suspect is a missing Myanmar employee.

Gender apartheid: oppression of women should be made a crime against humanity – feminist academic explains why

Crimes against humanity are occurring with impunity around the globe; from Myanmar to Sudan, Ukraine and elsewhere. And yet, unlike international treaties for the crimes of genocide, torture, apartheid and forced disappearances, there isn’t a treaty specific to crimes against humanity.

The Conversation

New players emerge in fighting in Myanmar's northeast, as powerful ethnic militias intervene

Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority groups not previously involved in the fighting stepped into the fray

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Too High

Myanmar's military government has arrested Hiroshi Kasamatsu, an executive with a Japanese supermarket chain with several stores in the country, for selling rice above the maximum price set by the government. In total, the government arrested 62 people for selling rice above the official price. Kasamatsu and 10 others face…

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'This Poor, Miserable Life': New Myanmar Clashes Turn Town To Rubble

'This Poor, Miserable Life': New Myanmar Clashes Turn Town To Rubble

Residents of Kyaukme in northern Myanmar are counting their dead and picking through rubble following fresh fighting that shredded a Beijing-brokered ceasefire between the junta and an alliance of armed ethnic groups.

International Business Times

Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war

Fierce fighting breaks out as militias launch new attacks against regime in Myanmar's civil war

New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war

The Independent UK

Anti-coup forces allege Myanmar military using banned, restricted weapons

Anti-coup forces allege Myanmar military using banned, restricted weapons

Calls for investigation grow as fighters from multiple states allege military using weapons such as white phosphorous.

Things to know about the teen shot by police in upstate New York

Things to know about the teen shot by police in upstate New York

Police in upstate New York have shot and killed a 13-year-old boy after they say he fled from officers and pointed what turned out to be a BB gun

The Independent UK

Japanese executive among dozens arrested in Myanmar for allegedly selling rice above set prices

Japanese executive among dozens arrested in Myanmar for allegedly selling rice above set prices

Myanmar’s state-run media say the country's military government has arrested a Japanese business executive, along with dozens of local businessmen, for allegedly selling rice at prices well above the officially regulated ones

The Independent UK

Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales

Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales

Themes of displacement and diaspora explored in collaborative textile project as part of The Spirits of Maritime Crossing exhibition in Venice and Bangkok

The Guardian - UK

New York police shooting of teen sparks calls for justice from immigrant community

New York police shooting of teen sparks calls for justice from immigrant community

Nyah Mway’s family belong to Karen ethnic minority from Myanmar

The Independent UK

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UN Report: International Banks Facilitating Myanmar Military's Deadly Assault

UN report reveals how international banks are aiding Myanmar military junta's violence and human rights violations.

The Independent UK

Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army's delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of a senior monk who was fatally shot by soldiers in an incident that could undermine the cozy relationship Myanmar’s military government has tried to maintain with the country’s Buddhist clergy

International Business Times

Thousands Mourn Buddhist Abbot Killed By Myanmar Security Forces

Thousands of mourners on Thursday attended the funeral of a popular Buddhist abbot shot dead by Myanmar security forces in an incident that drew a rare apology from the junta.

The Conversation

Who designed the FGC-9? Unmasking the man behind the world’s most popular 3D-printed gun – podcast

3D-printed guns are now appearing the world over, including in the hands of organised criminals in Europe and anti-junta rebels in Myanmar. Made using a 3D printer and a few metal parts that can be easily sourced online, these shadow guns are untraceable, and becoming a popular choice for extremists…

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UN Report Exposes Banks' Role In Myanmar Military's Deadly Assault

UN report reveals international banks, especially Thai banks, aiding Myanmar junta in procuring weapons, fueling human rights violations.

The Independent UK

Thai banks are the top suppliers of financial services to Myanmar’s military, UN expert says

A report by a U.N. expert on human rights says that Thai banks have become the main supplier of international financial services for Myanmar’s military government, enabling it to purchase goods and equipment to carry out its increasingly bloody war against pro-democracy resistance forces and armed ethnic minority groups

Rohingya ‘genocide intensifying’ as war rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine: BROUK

Rights group warning comes as fighting between Myanmar’s military and Arakan Army traps Rohingya in western state.

The Independent UK

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

The United Nations’ food agency has strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine

The Guardian - UK

On the Shadow Tracks by Clare Hammond review – a train to Myanmar’s dark heart

On a 3,000-mile journey, the journalist meets disparate peoples and discovers a world too often veiled, piecing together a fascinating modern history of a country blighted by corruption and conflict

Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in long-troubled state.

Myanmar Protests Mark Aung San Suu Kyi's Birthday

Supporters in Myanmar protest military rule and demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on her 79th birthday.

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