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Fog of war: The battle for truth and blame in the Rakhine conflict. Credible reports indicate that the Arakan Army committed crimes against the Rohingya in Buthidaung in May – but the group has managed to silence many of its critics among the resistance and civil society organisations.
Fog of war: The battle for truth and blame in the Rakhine conflict
2 days ago · By FRONTIER. Ko Maung Maung hid in his uncle’s house, watching from the window as Buthidaung town went up in flames. “The Rohingya who hadn’t hidden yet were rounded up by the Arakan Army and arrested,” the 24-year-old said. “I knew they were AA because of their uniforms and I heard them speaking to each other in the Rakhine language.”.
Plains of war: Into the Kalay fray | Frontier Myanmar
Oct 24, 2024 · A fierce battle has been raging for control of Kalay, which sits on the southwestern edge of Sagaing, near the four-way intersection of a major highway. Losing control of the road would cut the regime off from its remaining camps in the Chin mountains as well as crucial border routes to India. Sagaing emerged as a hotbed of resistance soon ...
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How is your mental health these days? Many Myanmar people are said to be suffering from depression and anxiety, after enduring almost four years of destruction and deprivation. These include journalists, who are also traumatised by having to witness and document these disturbing events. Against the odds: The diary of a frontline medic, part two.
Fresh dialogue needed for Myanmar’s fractured resistance
May 1, 2024 · It was in this spirit that the National Unity Consultative Council was created soon after the coup. The council was granted broad policy-making powers by the Federal Democracy Charter, a loose framework for Myanmar’s future agreed on by many resistance actors. The NUCC was also tasked with writing a new, transitional constitution for the country.
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Double disaster: Flooding batters war-torn Kayah State
Oct 28, 2024 · The mass drowning of combat medics occurred at the vicious nexus of natural disaster and the conflict between the KNDF and the military regime, which seized power in a 2021 coup. The double catastrophe continues playing out in Kayah nearly two months after the typhoon made landfall, as many flood victims remain in desperate need of aid.
‘A global monster’: Myanmar-based cyber scams widen the net
Aug 24, 2024 · They have since made tens of billions of dollars through online fraud, largely using a strategy known as “pig butchering”. Initially, they mainly targeted Mandarin speakers in both the trafficking and the scams. But as China stepped up measures to protect its nationals, scamming syndicates cast a wider net. By June 2023, Interpol was ...
Washed away: Farmland flooding provokes rice shortage fears
Nov 7, 2024 · Agriculture experts and farmers warned that a decrease in rice harvests could exacerbate existing food insecurity stemming from widespread conflict in Myanmar. It could also drive up rice prices, which have already surged since the coup. Before the military seized power, one pyi (two kilogrammes) of zeeya rice cost between K1,200 and K1,300.
Junta’s difficulty is Myanmar’s opportunity - Frontier Myanmar
Feb 1, 2024 · Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will travel to key ally China this week, both countries said Monday, in his first known trip there since seizing power in a 2021 coup.