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Myanmar's pro-democracy forces want the United States to issue stronger sanctions against the junta that seized power in the country two years ago and increase funding for pro-democratic forces, the parallel civilian government's foreign minister told Reuters on Friday

Experts say reduction would be ‘catastrophic’ for hundreds of thousands living in Bangladesh camps.

Dr Cynthia Maung, the founder and director of the Mae Tao clinic in Tak's Mae Sot district and an ethnic Karen born in Myanmar, has applied for Thai citizenship after helping to provide health services for patients along the border for three decades.

Although it will not lead to a no-confidence vote, the general debate in Thailand's parliament this week has further weakened the coalition government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, undermining its chances of re-election as the next general election looms. Among the many bombshell allegations of corruption, cronyism and sheer incompetence…