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.
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Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, a maritime official said Wednesday.
Nine years after fighting resumed between the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army, internally displaced people in Kachin State say they want to go home.
Facing obstacles including landmines and a stalled peace process, we talk to them about what lies ahead.
After two months of semi-lockdown, the commercial capital is bouncing back to the new normal of life with the coronavirus.
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