Myanmar

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Food Rations for Each Rohingya Refugee Drops to $8 per Month

Voice of America

The Rohingya are increasingly stuck between a rock and a hard place as international donors act to wash off their hands and move on to the next tragedy.

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Widespread Worry About Myanmar Rapper’s Fate After Arrest

Voice of America

The rapper’s detention is the latest in a string of arrests of artists who have spoken out against the regime. One such artist, Phyo Zaya Thaw, was executed last year for his involvement in the anti-coup movement.

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Myanmar’s Intelligence War: The Battle of Wits and Wiles Against the Junta

The Interpreter

In a country where spies and informers have been ever-present, the opposition has built its own intelligence apparatus.

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Deadly Storm Compounds Need for Aid in Myanmar

Voice of America

Residents at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons said cyclone Mocha had made hundreds of Rohingya refugees “disappear.”

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How Myanmar’s Junta Uses Telecom Companies to Target Journalists

Voice of America

With Myanmar’s four mobile service providers now either directly or indirectly linked to the military, sensitive user data is more easily accessible and could be used to persecute opposition voices, experts say.

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Chinese Companies Reportedly Halt Rare Earth Mining in Myanmar After Protests

Voice of America

Protests broke out in Myanmar’s Kachin State following the Kachin Independence Organization’s decision to grant Chinese companies permission to mine in the area near the border with China’s Yunnan Province.

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Military Violence in Myanmar Is Worsening Amid Fierce Resistance and International Ambivalence

The Conversation

The escalating violence in Myanmar can be attributed to a miscalculation by the military regime over the resistance of the people and the ambivalence from the international community.

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Could Myanmar Be Implicated in Russia’s War Against Ukraine?

Voice of America

The head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence says Russia is buying weapons via third countries, and Myanmar might be one of them.

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Crackdown, Financial Constraints Limit Myanmar Protests

Voice of America

Donations to anti-government organizations have gradually dropped, but living costs and expenses for protests are rising.

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Why Has the West Given Billions in Military Aid to Ukraine, but Virtually Ignored Myanmar?

The Conversation

It proves challenging to build a narrative around the Myanmar crisis due to the complexities within the country.

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