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COVID-19 Has Arrived In Rohingya Refugee Camps And Aid Workers Fear The Worst
Crowded, unsanitary conditions in the camps — located across the border from Myanmar in Bangladesh — threaten a rapid escalation of infections among the 1 million refugees living there.(Image credit:...
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Parts Of Myanmar Unaware Of COVID-19 Due To Internet Ban, Rights Advocates Say
Human Rights Watch says the restrictions, put in place last year on Rakhine and Chin states, are leaving some unaware of the pandemic. The restrictions are said to affect more than 1 million...
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Landslide At Myanmar Jade Mine Kills At Least 162
The death toll makes the disaster the worst known in the jade mining industry, surpassing an accident in 2015 that killed 113 people. (Image credit: BBC video/NPR screengrab)
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How A Beloved Gemstone Became A Symbol Of Environmental Tragedy In Myanmar
Decades of mining for jade has left the landscape desolate. Local activists want to make a change — but can they stand up to the powerful companies that dominate the industry?(Image credit: Hkun Lat)
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Suu Kyi's Party Expected To Win Myanmar Election Amid Minorities'...
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy won in a 2015 landslide and is expected to win again. But with voting denied or canceled in some areas, more than a million voters are...
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Myanmar Election: Suu Kyi's Party Poised For 2nd Term
Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy appear set to remain in power after Sunday's general election, which is largely seen as a referendum on Suu Kyi's first term.(Image credit: Thein...
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Myanmar Blocks Facebook, Twitter As Anti-Coup Protests Grow
Days after a coup and the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected leaders, the country's military is moving to strangle free speech by shutting down access to social media sites.(Image credit:...
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Tens Of Thousands Rally In Myanmar Protesting Military Coup
Calling for the release of detained de factor leader Aung San Suu Kyi and chanting anti-military slogans, protesters amassed across the country Sunday demanding an end to the military takeover. (Image...
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Myanmar Immigrants In U.S. Worry For Families Back Home As Post-Coup Tensions...
As the aftermath of the Feb. 1 military coup in Myanmar continues to unfold, people in the U.S. with deep ties to the Southeast Asian country can only watch and wait. (Image credit: Ashley Westerman/NPR)
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U.S. 'Stands With The People,' Imposes Sanctions On Myanmar's Coup Leaders
The Treasury Department froze the assets of 10 current and retired top-ranking military leaders in Myanmar after a coup earlier this month that toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi.(Image credit:...
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What Myanmar's Coup Means For The Rohingya
"The coup is obviously good for no one," says a human rights activist. "But for the Rohingya, the risk is heightened. This is the military regime responsible for the atrocities over many, many...
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U.N. Official: Evidence Myanmar Using Live Ammunition Against Protesters
A United Nations human rights investigator points to "growing reports and photographic evidence" that security forces have used live ammunition against anti-junta protesters.(Image credit: AFP via...
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2 Killed In Myanmar In Worst Day Of Violence Since Feb. 1 Coup
In Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, police reportedly used live rounds during a demonstration on Saturday. On Friday, a young woman died after being shot during a protest last week,(Image...
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Japan's Myanmar Dilemma: How Hard To Push Against Military Coup Leaders?
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Myanmar's coup leaders. For Japan, among the most influential countries in Myanmar, it's not so simple.(Image credit: Eugene Hoshiko/AP)
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Opinion: Death Of A Teenage Protester in Myanmar
A teenager, Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, was killed during recent protests in Myanmar. NPR's Scott Simon considers her final moments and her legacy. (Image credit: STR/AP)
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U.S. Offers Protected Status For People From Myanmar As Coup Leaders Crack Down
The Biden administration will offer temporary protected status to people who fear returning to Myanmar after the military coup and ensuing suppression of protesters that has killed at least 70...
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Several More Protesters Die In Myanmar; 'Quad' Leaders Urge Restoration Of...
Unrest continues as protests challenge a Feb. 1 military coup. It's estimated more than 70 protesters have died in the past six weeks. Regional leaders said it was urgent that democracy be...
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Myanmar Police Kill Dozens Of Protesters In Weekend Of Anti-Junta Unrest
Myanmar imposed martial law in parts of the country's largest city after a crackdown on peaceful protests opposing last month's military coup resulted in the deaths of at least 38 on Sunday.(Image...
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More Protesters Killed As Myanmar's Junta Intensifies Crackdown On Dissent
Security forces in Myanmar reportedly shot and killed nine anti-junta protesters on Friday, bringing the number killed in six weeks of post-coup unrest in the Southeast Asian country to well over...
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Hundreds Missing In Aftermath Of Fire At Rohingya Refugee Camp
Nearly a dozen bodies have been recovered from the massive blaze in southern Bangladesh that also left tens of thousands of people homeless, officials said.(Image credit: Yousuf Tushar/LightRocket via...
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