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Displaced Mon students continue education in monasteries and safe locations

Source: Burma News International / Myanmar Peace Monitor

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 8:29 a.m.

While some Mon national schools and basic education schools have reopened following the Kyon Laung fighting in Ye Township, Mon State, displaced students from schools that remain closed are receiving education in monasteries and nearby safe locations, according to reports

Myanmar Peace Monitor

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Four Years After the Coup, Myanmar’s Fight for Democracy Endures

Source: Wilson Center

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 8:25 a.m.

Lucas Myers talks about the shifting control of territory, China's deep interests in the country, its strategic importance in the Indo-Pacific region, why the US should pay closer attention, and how Myanmar’s struggle for Democracy mirrors Ukraine’s.

Lucas Myers, Senior Associate for Southeast Asia with the Wilson Center’s Indo-Pacific Program

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Gambling Dens Protected by the Military Junta Remain Widespread in Mon State

Source: Burma News International

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 8:14 a.m.

In Mon State, gambling dens operated with security provided by groups under the military council are active not only in rural areas but also in urban areas, according to local sources.

Independent Mon News Agency

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Rangsiman questions PEA's inaction on cutting power to Myanmar scam hubs

Source: Thai PBS World

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 7:52 a.m.

He also claimed that a Thai police officer, with the rank of major-general, has been involved in a casino business in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, opposite Mae Sot district of Thailand’s Tak province. 

Thai PBS World

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Negotiations underway between KIA and TNLA to address territorial disputes in northern Shan State

Source: Mizzima

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 7:49 a.m.

Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), announced that discussions are ongoing among allied groups to address territorial disputes with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State.

Mizzima

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Kidnapped: How a Young Man Escaped Forcible Conscription in Myanmar

Source: Irrawaddy

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 7:12 a.m.

Here the young man, whose identity The Irrawaddy has decided not to disclose for security reasons, recounts his experience.

Interview | Irrawaddy

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Myanmar militia ‘ready to return’ more than 60 trafficked foreigners to Thailand

Source: Radio Free Asia

Published on Jan. 30, 2025, 7:11 a.m.

The expected release comes after international alarm about the scam centers put pressure on governments to act.

RFA Burmese

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‘My father’s death wasn’t worth it’: Poverty awaits families of Myanmar army dead

Source: Radio Free Asia

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 11:59 p.m.

4 years after the coup that pitched Myanmar into war, the bereaved are angry about how the military treats its own.

Aye Aye Mon for RFA Burmese

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Supporting Burma’s Democratic Transition: A Strategic Imperative For America’s Security, Strength, And Prosperity – OpEd

Source: EurAsia Review

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 11:08 p.m.

In a Press Statement issued on January 26, 2025, regarding the implementation of the President’s Executive Order on Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio articulated a clear directive for U.S. foreign policy.

James SHWE

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Women Registered for Conscription in Taunggyi

Source: Shan Herald Agency for News

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 11:05 p.m.

A 20-year-old woman living in Taunggyi City explained how the news of the junta’s conscription of women had upset her.

Shan Herald Agency for News

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