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Myanmar Junta's 'ceasefire' follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control

After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28. 2025, the country’s military and the myriad resistance groups fighting a yearslong civil war faced international calls for an immediate ...
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Myanmar air strike kills at least 19 high school students: Armed group

A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group said Saturday that a junta air strike killed at least 19 students, including children, in western Rakhine state. The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight ...
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Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control

Associate Professor of World Cultures and Languages, Northern Illinois University The first to heed the call was the opposition National Unity Government, which unilaterally announced a two-week pause ...