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About 5,000 people displaced by war return to Myanmar border town

Source: Radio Free Asia

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 8:38 a.m.

“The AA has given us permission to return to the town because they have cleared the bombs,” said one Maungdaw resident heading home. “As far as we know, about 2,000 Rakhine people and 3,000 Muslims have arrived back.

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ZORO protests abolition of free movement along Indo-Myanmar border

Source: The Statesman

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 8:28 a.m.

Expressing strong discontent, ZORO’s vice president Rohmingthanga Kawlni stated, “ZORO is saddened and disappointed by the Central government’s decision to cancel the freedom of communication with our brothers and sisters from the other side of the border.

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PEA clarifies on supply of electricity to border areas of neighbouring countries

Source: The Nation

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 8:28 a.m.

The PEA currently supplies electricity to Myanmar through five connection points operated by various concession holders: 

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Myanmar on the brink as conflict fuels hunger

Source: World Food Programme

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 7:21 a.m.

A staggering 15 million people are expected to face hunger in 2025, up from 13.3 million last year.

News Release | World Food Programme

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Chinese officials visit Thai-Myanmar border for anti-scam talks

Source: Bangkok Post

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 7:18 a.m.

Police chiefs in three districts of Tak province removed for failing to combat scam-related activity

Assawin Pinitwong

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Singapore-listed Interra Resources supplying Myanmar junta with oil, fuelling war crimes

Source: Justice for Myanmar

Published on Jan. 29, 2025, 7:12 a.m.

Interra Resources Limited owns 60% of Goldpetrol Joint Operating Company Inc., which supplied 2.3 million barrels of oil to Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) from January 2021 to the end of 2023.

Press Release and Investigation | Justice for Myanmar

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As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?

Source: The Coversation (UK)

Published on Jan. 28, 2025, 11:45 p.m.

Suu Kyi remains locked up, as do countless other activists and regime opponents. There is no easy resolution in sight.

Adam Simpson; Nicholas Farrelly

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Myanmar junta begins recruiting women for active military service

Source: Radio Free Asia

Published on Jan. 28, 2025, 11 p.m.

Myanmar’s ruling military junta has begun initial steps to draft women for active military service, residents said, showing the military’s desperation to replenish its ranks amid a series of battlefield defeats

RFA Burmese and Nang Hseng Phoo

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Myanmar’s Four-Year Nightmare: A Call for Global Justice and Action

Source: International Policy Digest

Published on Jan. 28, 2025, 10:38 a.m.

Despite the unrelenting struggle for democracy, the international community’s response has been tepid and insufficient. The need to amplify calls for justice, advocate for Aung San Suu Kyi’s freedom, and restore democracy in Myanmar has never been more urgent. 

Paul Newman; Amaya Valcárcel

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Dept. of Corrections clarifies detention of gambling tycoon "She Zhijiang" following laws

Source: The Nation

Published on Jan. 28, 2025, 9:54 a.m.

The Department of Corrections addressed the allegations made by She Zhijiang, the gambling tycoon from Shwe Kokko in Myanmar

The Nation

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