Myanmar
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Asia Pacific
Myanmar: Rohingyas in firing line as Rakhine conflict intensifies
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday raised alarm over the escalating violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state between junta…
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Asia Pacific
UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar
The ongoing escalation of the conflict in Myanmar, more than three years after the military takeover, is severely affecting people…
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Economic Development
Myanmar: Middle class ‘disappearing’ amid uptick in brutal fighting
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has warned that poverty is surging and the middle class in Myanmar is “disappearing” amidst…
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Asia Pacific
UN rights expert urges global action to halt Myanmar junta atrocities
The UN independent human rights expert on Myanmar called on the international community on Tuesday to take strong, coordinated action…
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Asia Pacific
Myanmar: Unbearable levels of suffering and cruelty
The crisis in Myanmar is a “never-ending nightmare” for the country’s people happening far away from the international spotlight, UN…
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Asia Pacific
Myanmar: Mandatory conscription shows junta’s ‘desperation’, rights expert says
Myanmar’s military government is becoming an even greater threat to civilians following the imposition of a mandatory draft this month,…
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Asia Pacific
UNICEF condemns air strike on schools in Myanmar
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has strongly condemned Monday’s deadly airstrike on two schools in eastern Myanmar resulting in the…
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