50 trucks laden with Tatmadaw reinforcements rolled into beleaguered Chin State in the week up to Dec. 22, causing many to anticipate a coordinated military attack over the Christmas period, a spokesperson for the Chin National Front (CNF) resistance group told DVB. “Preparing offensive attacks when Christians are focusing on their religion is inhumane and …
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Life or death: Giving birth in Burma
Cer Lui had to make a split decision — to drive herself to the hospital by motorbike, or stay in her home with her seven children — and deliver her baby.
Refugees turn to prostitution in Cox's Bazar
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Health care for all in Arakan? Critics say reality belies state counsellor’s assertion
In a speech last week, Aung San Suu Kyi said all people in Arakan State “have access to education and healthcare services without discrimination.” For critics, however, that’s simply not true — a contention supported by a report that Suu Kyi’s own government has embraced.
Burma needs millions of new houses, says UN
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Burma training more midwives to tackle maternal death rate
Burma is training up hundreds of midwives in an effort to reduce the number of women who die in childbirth, one of many social policy reforms launched by the country as it emerges from decades of military rule.