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Second major Myanmar rebel group calls for talks with junta

December 4, 2024 admin

A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for Beijing-mediated talks with the junta to end more than a year of renewed fighting that has ravaged areas along the Chinese border. File | Photo Credit: AFP A second major Myanmar ethnic rebel group has said it is ready for Beijing-mediated talks…

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Battered, empty Myanmar town shows price of victory against junta

May 31, 2024 admin

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country’s civil war. Fighters from the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group took control of the fishing port of 20,000 people in January, as the conflict sparked…

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