Myanmar shipped a record 3.2 million tonnes of rice in 2017-18 amid a steady growth in paddy production that has enabled the country to regain its position as one of the world’s top exporters.
A recent presidential pardon has reopened painful wounds for families of activists who fled to the jungle from 1988 to fight the junta but later died at the hands of former colleagues.
Residents in some remote areas of Myanmar have come to associate journalism with extortion, and unscrupulous crime reporters are to blame.
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