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Myanmar shuts key trade crossing with Thailand as junta seeks to choke rebel funding before polls

The crossing at the Myawaddy bridge, which carries more than $120m worth of goods between the neighbours each month according ...
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Myanmar junta shuts key trade crossing, clamps down on black markets

Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets funding armed opposition groups ahead of a disputed ...
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Buddhist monk, four others, killed by Myanmar junta airstrike in Sagaing

Myanmar NOW is an independent news service providing free, accurate and unbiased news to the people of Myanmar in Burmese and ...
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Myanmar junta sets Dec. 28 poll date amid raging civil war

Critics call the vote a 'fraud' to extend military rule, conflict monitors predict uptick in violence and unrest ...

As Myanmar's Military Junta Announces Elections, Garment Industry Gears Up for Growth

Industry leaders believe that if political conditions stabilize, Myanmar could drive sustained double-digit growth over the ...

Myint Swe, acting president of Myanmar who had a history of crushing dissent

Myint Swe, who has died aged 74, was the stooge for the latest phase of the armed forces’ seemingly perpetual repression of the Burmese people. He became acting president of Myanmar in February 2021, ...

This military junta is rebranding itself to hold elections. But a UN probe has found evidence of intensifying atrocities

As evidence mounts of intensifying atrocities, including the torture of children, being committed in Myanmar, the country’s ...

Myanmar junta is detaining and torturing children as young as 2, U.N. report says

U.N.-backed investigators say they have found significant evidence of “systematic torture” at Myanmar detention centers, where the military government is holding children as young as 2 years old as pr ...