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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

RANGOON – In 1989, visiting a roadside bookstore in downtown Rangoon was not something as simple as it might sound. Unless the vendors recognized your face, that is. [1]

At least six civilians were killed by Myanmar’s military regime on Saturday, sending the death toll in the crackdown on anti-regime protests to at least 555 across the country. [2]

YANGON/BANGKOK -- On Feb. 1, Myanmar's military detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the country's first coup since 1988, bringing an end to a decade of civilian rule. [3]

Mizzima Human Rights Watch issued a press release on 26 September calling on the Bangladeshi government to provide protections and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees fleeing conflict in Rakhine State. [4]

TNLA MNDAA Forcibly Recruiting Villagers In Mongkoe Township Mizzima Abductions, Forced Recruitment Violate Laws of War The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)has abducted and forcibly recruited civilians fleeing fighting in Shan State,... [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-12 · 100% match

Burma’s Youth Power Strives for Maturity

RANGOON – In 1989, visiting a roadside bookstore in downtown Rangoon was not something as simple as it might sound. Unless the vendors recognized your face, that is.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2021-04-03 · 100% match

Myanmar Security Forces Kill Another Six on Saturday, Sending Death Toll to 556

At least six civilians were killed by Myanmar’s military regime on Saturday, sending the death toll in the crackdown on anti-regime protests to at least 555 across the country.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-03-18 · 100% match

Myanmar coup, from Feb. 20 to March 18: UN team urges whistleblowers to report illegal orders

YANGON/BANGKOK -- On Feb. 1, Myanmar's military detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the country's first coup since 1988, bringing an end to a decade of civilian rule.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-09-27 · 100% match

HRW calls for protection and humanitarian aid for new Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Mizzima Human Rights Watch issued a press release on 26 September calling on the Bangladeshi government to provide protections and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees fleeing conflict in Rakhine State.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-12-27 · 100% match

Human Rights Watch highlights forced recruitment by MNDAA

TNLA MNDAA Forcibly Recruiting Villagers In Mongkoe Township Mizzima Abductions, Forced Recruitment Violate Laws of War The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)has abducted and forcibly recruited civilians fleeing fighting in Shan State,

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-12-23 · 100% match

NGO alleges one of the Three Brotherhood Alliance groups using ‘forced recruitment’

Members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army pose for a photograph with the weapons allegedly seized from the Myanmar’s army outpost on a hill in Chinshwehaw town, Myanmar.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-09-03 · 100% match

Is Burma’s ‘Disconnectivity’ Deliberate?

RANGOON — Two years ago, Freddy Lynn was spending most of his time at a public access center in downtown Myitkyina in Kachin State.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-12-27 · 100% match

Courage and Complicity: Those Who Defined 2024

A weakening Myanmar junta lashed out brutally in 2024, with civilians bearing much of the brunt as the regime targeted villagers and civilian infrastructure with relentless airstrikes across the expanding areas over which it has lost control.

[9] TH mekongeye.com · 2023-11-27 · 33% match

Tiger conservation efforts paying off in Thailand

อ่านบทความภาษาไทยที่นี่ KANCHANABURI, THAILAND ― While wild tiger numbers have been shrinking across Southeast Asia, their numbers have been steadily increasing in Thailand, as recent sightings show.

[10] TH thediplomat.com · 30% match

Inside Hong Kong’s Cage Homes: The Elderly Residents on the Frontlines of the Heat Crisis

After climbing three flights of stairs of a building in Hong Kong’s bustling Mong Kok district, where sacks of concrete sit by half-patched walls, we find an open metal gate and a wooden door adorned with red and gold decorations welcoming the Lunar

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