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Junta razes village in northern Myanmar, opens fire on residents

A man died and eight were injured when troops laid landmines in their village in Sagaing region after raiding it…

1 year ago

Blast at Myanmar camp sounded like it came from the ‘world wars’

A farmer who lost his wife, three children and his mother when a bomb was dropped on his Kachin state…

1 year ago

A tamer tomorrow

Legendary Hong Kong movie star Chow Yun-fat told a film festival in South Korea that the Chinese city’s once vibrant…

1 year ago

‘Eliticide’ as China jails Uyghur intellectuals to erase culture

Over a fortnight, a Uyghur folklorist missing since 2017 was revealed to be serving a life prison for “separatism,” while…

1 year ago

Anti-junta teachers still 130,000-strong

More than 130,000 teachers remain a part of Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement, or CDM, made up of government employees who…

1 year ago

Conflict in Myanmar’s Shan state drives 1,000 civilians into China

Fighting between junta troops and the ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, has driven more than 1,000 people from…

1 year ago

Chinese police harass family of Washington DC student activist

An international student in the U.S. capital has been harassed by China’s state security police for pro-democracy activism on American…

1 year ago

Short changed: Can China pay the bills?

Amid reports and rumors of starving zoo animals and retirees not being paid their pensions, the chair of financially distressed…

1 year ago

Soaring palm oil prices prompt long lines in Myanmar

The price of edible palm oil in Myanmar has soared in recent months to more than five times what it…

1 year ago

What to do about ‘freedom from speech?’

A recent survey from the Pew Research Centre, ostensibly about the opinions of Buddhists and Muslims in South and Southeast…

1 year ago

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