After the military seized power in 2021, sparking social and economic turmoil and armed conflict across the country, opium has become more important to some farmers struggling to get by.
BY AFP
The extension of a deadline for a long-awaited tender for on-grid solar power from one to two months is unlikely to mute criticism about its tricky terms.
Almost a quarter of Myanmar’s COVID-19 cases are concentrated in a single suburb of Yangon, but walking the streets of Insein Township you wouldn’t necessarily know it.
From boiled catfish soup to spicy fried frog, an eight-year-old in pyjamas is delighting Myanmar with her culinary prowess in a nation being told to stay at home due to COVID-19.
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