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1 month ago | 
rfa.org | Jim Snyder |Gemunu Amarasinghe
In the jungles of eastern Myanmar, insurgents fight the junta and dream of a new state. The rainy season had just passed when we made the difficult trek to eastern Myanmar last year to see how rebel troops were managing in the fourth year of war. We interviewed dozens of people over the course of three weeks – doctors and nurses from Yangon trying to adjust to life in the jungle and a group of young men and women working to build a kinder, friendlier police force with few resources.
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2 months ago | 
rfa.org | Jim Snyder |Gemunu Amarasinghe
Part of a three-story series on the fight for and rebuilding of Myanmar’s Kayah state following the 2021 coup. Read Part 1 and Part 2. DEMOSO, Kayah state, Myanmar – As a young medical student in relatively cosmopolitan Yangon, “Dr. Tracy” dreamed of becoming a great surgeon, a living testament to the possibilities offered in a new, freer Myanmar. The 2021 military coup dimmed her personal ambition, but not her hopes for democracy for her country.
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2 months ago | 
rfa.org | Jim Snyder |Gemunu Amarasinghe
Building a police force in the middle of Myanmar’s civil warA lot is riding on the success of the Karenni State Police. RFA gets an inside look. By Jim Snyder and Gemunu Amarasinghe for RFA2025.02.06
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2 months ago | 
rfa.org | Jim Snyder |Gemunu Amarasinghe
Living ‘day-by-day’ in Myanmar’s rebel campsAn on-the-ground report on the all-in fight to build an enduring democracy in Myanmar. By Jim Snyder and Gemunu Amarasinghe for RFA2025.02.04
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
chronicleonline.com | Gemunu Amarasinghe
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
yoursourceone.com | Gemunu Amarasinghe
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
timesargus.com | Gemunu Amarasinghe
FILE - A flag of Vietnam is seen as a soldier watches from a top of a building neighboring Government Guesthouse and a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 24, 2019. Human rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday, June 13, 2024, not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, saying that he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam.
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May 6, 2024 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Gemunu Amarasinghe
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May 6, 2024 | 
scnow.com | Gemunu Amarasinghe
FILE - Then European Union Election Observation Mission to Myanmar chief Alexander Graf Lambsdorff speaks during a press briefing in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015. The German foreign office says that Germany has called back its ambassador to Russia for a week of consultations, following an alleged hacker attack on Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party. The ministry said Monday, May 6, 2024 that the government is taking the incident “serious.”
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May 6, 2024 | 
dailyitem.com | Gemunu Amarasinghe
...AREAS OF FOG WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE... Areas of fog continue across central Pennsylvania this morning,with visibility locally below one half mile. The fog may belocally dense. Motorists should prepare for variable drivingconditions and allow extra time for travel. Use your low beamheadlights in areas of fog and leave extra space between vehicles.
