Myanmar
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May- 2024 -24 MayAsia Pacific
Some 45,000 Rohingya Have Fled Fighting in Myanmar: UN
The UN warned that escalating fighting in conflict-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State had forced around 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee.
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22 MayAsia Pacific
Rohingya Activists Say Thousands Displaced by Myanmar Armed Group
Rohingya activists have accused a Myanmar ethnic armed group of displacing thousands of the persecuted minority in western Rakhine state.
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6 MayAsia Pacific
Myanmar Ethnic Armed Group Says Captured Hundreds of Junta Personnel
A Myanmar ethnic armed group said it captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in western Rakhine state.
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Apr- 2024 -11 AprilAsia Pacific
Myanmar Troops Withdraw From Border Town Following Clashes
Myanmar junta troops stationed in an embattled border town have withdrawn from their positions, a spokesman for a Myanmar ethnic armed group and a Thai official said.
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10 AprilAsia Pacific
Thai Soldiers on Alert as Myanmar Border Clashes Enter Second Day
Thai soldiers were on alert in the town of Mae Sot, where across the border in Myanmar the junta and an ethnic armed group fought for a second day.
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4 AprilAsia Pacific
Seven Drones Shot Down Over Myanmar Capital: Junta
Myanmar security services shot down seven drones over the military-built capital Naypyidaw, the junta said, in what appeared to be a rare attack on the junta's center of power by its opponents.
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Mar- 2024 -21 MarchAsia Pacific
Myanmar Rebels Deploy Drone Fleet to Push Back Military
Myanmar rebels credit new armed drones with helping retake a large portion of Chin state from government forces in the last year.
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1 MarchAsia Pacific
Blast in Myanmar Market Kills, Wounds Civilians
A blast hit a busy market in Myanmar's Rakhine state, killing and wounding civilians, the country's junta and an ethnic rebel group said, blaming each other for the attack.
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Feb- 2024 -22 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Myanmar Junta ‘Increasingly Desperate’: UN Expert
Myanmar's ruling military junta has "doubled down" on civilian attacks while showing signs of becoming "increasingly desperate," the UN special rapporteur on the country said.
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5 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Myanmar Clashes Along Bangladesh Border: Official
Fighting in Myanmar raged close to the Bangladesh border, with terrified residents reporting bullets crossing the frontier, medics treating patients, and the government saying guards had fled seeking shelter.
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