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Opinion Papers
KIO denies reports of secret rare-earth mining deal with India
Source: Burma News International | By Karen Informational Center
Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the KIO/KIA, said such reports were being fabricated as part of a political game between China and the United States and were being carried only by US lobby media.
Trafficked, exploited, married off: Rohingya children’s lives crushed by foreign aid cuts
Source: The Associated Press | By Kristen GELINEAU
In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none.
Life in limbo: Meet the Myanmar refugees living in Thai camps
Source: The Straits Times | By Taryn NG, Janelle LING
Refugees can finally work legally after decades in Thai camps, a vital step as aid budgets are slashed. But the move comes as many are already at breaking point, reeling from severe food and medical shortages.
Myanmar’s military charges hundreds with breaking election law as voting date nears
Source: ABC News | By The Associated Press
There are punishments as severe as the death penalty for opposing or disrupting the polls under an election law enacted under military rule.
Myanmar declares a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for cyberscams. But the fraud goes on
Source: The Associated Press | By Erika KINETZ
“Even if you destroy buildings, if you haven’t arrested the heads of the transnational syndicates behind this, seized their wealth and put them in jail, it’s not a real crackdown yet,”