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Ministry shuts down six Burmese language schools 

Source: Bangkok Post

The Education Ministry has ordered local authorities to investigate if there are Burmese language learning centres operating illegally in their provinces after it found six such centres in Surat Thani and ordered their closure.

Supapong Chaolan

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Once more into the breach: Veterans redeployed

Source: Frontier Myanmar

With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.

Ye Mon | Frontier

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New sheriffs in town: Brotherhood takes charge

Source: Frontier Myanmar

After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.

Frontier

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Two Junta Warships Hit Again; One Ship Catches Fire

Source: Burma News International

According to Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the KIO (Kachin Independence Organization) Information Department, out of the five junta warships that arrived in Tigyaing Township on the morning of 1 September, two were also attacked by revolutionary forces 

Kachin News Group

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Myanmar military court jails 144 villagers detained after massacre

Source: Radio Free Asia

Myanmar’s junta jailed 144 civilians for supporting insurgents more than three months after they were detained following a massacre of nearly 80 people in their village, which residents blamed on junta troops, families of the detained told Radio Free Asia on Monday.

RFA Burmese

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ARA Leader Arrested with His Brother in Bangladesh

Source: Narinjara News

Nabi Hussain, Chief of the Arakan Rohingya Army (ARA), a terrorist organization from Myanmar, was arrested along with his brother and weapons, according to a report with a photo by Ukhiya News, a news outlet in Bangladesh, on September 1.

Narinjara News

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