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LT Saw Kaw, a soldier of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in charge of the Cobra column, raises Karen's national flag after burning Myanmar's national flag at a Myanmar military base at Thingyan Nyi Naung village on the outskirts of Myawaddy, the Thailand-Myanmar border town under the control of a coalition of rebel forces led by the Karen National Union, in Myanmar, April 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
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Rebels raise flag at seized Myanmar base, commander confident of retaining control

Myawaddy's fall marked another battlefield loss for the powerful military regime that seized control in 2021 from an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains in...

Myanmar's military parade to mark the 72nd Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyitaw, Myanmar March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
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Myanmar junta forefully recruited over 1,000 Rohingya youth in Rakhine State: HRW

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UN chief 'alarmed' by reports civilians killed in Myanmar air strikes

Myanmar's junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar junta eases election registration rules ahead of expiry of state of emergency

FILE PHOTO: A worker adjusts an ASEAN flag at a meeting hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
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With generals barred, Myanmar junta sends bureaucrat to ASEAN meeting

A general view shows Laukkai, the capital of Myanmar's Kokang region, September 8, 2009. REUTERS/Khin Maung Win/Pool/File Photo
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Myanmar junta, armed alliance announce China-mediated ceasefire

Myanmar's junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar junta leader says armed organisations must solve their problems 'politically' - state media

FILE PHOTO Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021. REUTERSStringerFile Photo
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Myanmar army set to cement rule with tough new election rules

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi attends Invest Myanmar in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo
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Myanmar's Suu Kyi could return home after verdicts, junta chief says

FILE PHOTO: Police stand guard as they wait for protests against coup in Yangon, Myanmar Feb 4, 2021. Reuters
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Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta's crackdown, UN expert says

Pro-democracy protesters are detained by riot police officers during a rally against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar to release 5,600 held over anti-junta protests

Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
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Myanmar urged to avoid violence after junta opponents declare revolt

Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi, 75, came to power after a 2015 election win that followed decades of house arrest. Reuters.
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UN to Myanmar military: Now release Aung San Suu Kyi