Myanmar Now
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Cut off by conflict, farmers of the Chin Hills face mounting hardships
After nearly five years of war, Chin State’s agricultural economy is struggling amid deepening isolation and mass displacement
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Clashes reported across Tanintharyi Region, in Myanmar’s far south
Resistance forces capture a police station near the city of Dawei as fighting intensifies on multiple fronts in the region
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Myanmar fireworks festival goers shun politics for tradition
“Frankly speaking, we felt happier in the past,” said one festival goer. “There was no politics. That kind of feeling is the best.”
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UN rights work facing ‘existential threat’ amid targeted cuts: report
The funding cuts’ effects may include termination of up to a third of the staff from the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, including the possible elimination of a team investigating sexual and gender-based crimes
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Myanmar junta airstrike kills eight in Sagaing’s Taze Township
Most of the victims were working at a building site when it was hit late Friday morning