Myanmar military steps up fight for rare earth area and border routes
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The Myanmar military intensified its fight for control over rare earth mineral areas and border routes amid ongoing conflict since the 2021 coup that ousted the elected civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar's ongoing conflict was sparked in 2021, when the military staged a coup that ousted the democratically-elected civilian government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
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