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Fighting continues near Karen State road to Thai border, cutting off trade
Targeting Karen ethnic armed forces and their allies, the military’s ground and aerial assaults have killed civilians and strangled transport on the main Thailand-Myanmar border trade route
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Displacement crisis in southeastern Myanmar requires local humanitarian response, Karen groups say
Community-based organisations suggest that the number of IDPs is double the estimates provided by UN agencies, whose access to the region continues to be restricted by the junta
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Beyond the Headlines: Monk who opposed military dies on Thai-Myanmar border
Myanmar Now provides an overview of underreported developments in the country from the past week, October 24 - 31
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Myanmar army pressuring Rakhine IDPs to return to military-controlled villages
Displaced civilians say the military wants to use them as human shields amid ongoing tensions with the Arakan Army
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Junta withdraws from multiple bases after battle with Karen resistance
Using the Asia Highway as a demarcation line, the KNU says it warned the military months ago not to expand its territory into southern Kawkareik
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