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Opinion Papers
Kachin commemorate 15 years of renewed war in Myanmar, demanding aid and halt to China-backed dam
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
Members of the ethnic Kachin diaspora gathered at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on June 9 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the resumption of civil war in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State
Arakkha Government Welcomes Back and Resettles Displaced Persons Who Fled to Bangladesh
Source: Global Arakan Network
The administration is arranging accommodation and providing the necessary assistance to help them rebuild their lives.
Dhaka calls for stronger global engagement to address Rohingya crisis
Source: United News of Bangladesh
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam on Tuesday underscored the importance of deepening multilateral cooperation and called for stronger, sustained international engagement to help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Ramos-Horta’s guide to lasting peace
Source: Bangkok Post | By Kavi Chongkittavorn
On Myanmar, Mr Ramos-Horta was blunt: “Don’t send a junior diplomat. My apologies to the junior diplomat.” The Myanmar military, he emphasised, was “totally irreverent toward the Security Council”.
Home of prominent aid worker sealed by authorities in Rakhine State
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma | By English Editor
The regime’s Arakan State authorities sealed off the home of well-known local aid worker, writer, and former political prisoner Wai Hun Aung in the capital city of Sittwe on Monday.