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Myanmar
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Thein Sein
Myanmar's military-aligned Pres. Thein Sein faced rising opposition from the National...
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Barred from the presidency, Aung San Suu Kyi instead became Myanmar's influential...
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Min Aung Hlaing
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's military leader, orchestrated the 2021 coup...
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2021 Myanmar coup
Soldiers blocking a road with trucks in Myanmar's capital, Nay Pyi Taw, at the start...
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Military leader of Myanmar
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who was handed power after the coup on February 1, 2021,...
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Opposition to the 2021 Myanmar coup
Crowds assembling to protest against the military coup that had occurred weeks earlier,...
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Soldiers from the Karen National Union
The Karen National Union is one of the most influential ethnic armed organizations...
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Fires in Thantlang
In October 2021 more than 160 buildings were destroyed in Thantlang, Chin state,...
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Karen people in a refugee camp in Thailand
A group of Karen people in a refugee camp in Umphang district, Thailand.
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Destruction at Sothae IDP camp
Ruins of shelters at the Sothae camp for internally displaced people in Karenni state,...
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PDF group in Shan state
Members of a People's Defense Force (PDF) unit on their way to conduct a military...
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TNLA patrol
Members of the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)—part of the Three Brotherhood...
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