Communities in Yangon live surrounded by garbage – blocking doorsteps, piling up in front of windows and clogging water systems. While much of this waste is homegrown, some of it was shipped halfway around the world.
BY Frontier
The fighting in Kachin State is widely regarded as an attempt by the Tatmadaw to force the KIA to sign on to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. But there’s another reason.
Myanmar’s president has signed a bill giving Daw Aung San Suu Kyi a new role of state adviser, shoring up her influence across all branches of government despite vehement opposition from the still-powerful military.
State-run newspapers have spent most of the last 25 years excoriating or ignoring Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Can they survive an NLD government?
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