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Learning self-defence in a refugee camp: Rohingya women and girls train in taekwondo
Impoverished Rohingya girls and women in refugee camps are embracing the new opportunity to learn martial arts, striving not only to become skilled in self-defence but to bring attention to their persecuted community on the world stage
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A stunning loss leaves Myanmar’s Man Utd fans feeling dismayed—and more than a little conflicted
Many put their loyalty to their favourite team above their pride in a compatriot who scored a winning goal against them
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‘Still haunted’ by Nargis: Remembering the worst disaster in Myanmar’s history
The country’s recent deadly earthquake has revived painful memories of a national trauma that put the callousness and ineptitude of its military rulers on full display
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‘She kept asking for him and crying’: The earthquake through a rescue worker’s eyes
A volunteer who sought to save lives relates his experiences from Myanmar’s heartland, where hundreds of thousands lost loved ones and homes to the earthquake that struck the region in late March
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‘The sense of safety and security for Myanmar women is declining by the day’ – An advocate for abuse survivors speaks out
The deputy chair of the newly founded Shield organisation told Myanmar Now about the challenges in fulfilling the group’s mission: providing legal, mental health, and other support for Myanmar women who have faced abuse