The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, but experts say the story doesn’t add up.
BY Frontier
Tensions have emerged between ethnic communities and the government over the greater profile it is giving to Myanmar's independence hero, who once famously promised 'equality without discrimination'.
The Yangon government has finally tabled a bill to reform the city’s municipal, but MPs say suggestions made during a recent review process have been ignored.
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