The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now obligated to pay out massive amounts of compensation in.
BY Frontier
The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now obligated to pay out massive amounts of compensation in.
BY Frontier
Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport – a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation.
BY AFP
The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The Tatmadaw-backed opposition party has hired a team of young, tech-savvy researchers to monitor what is said about the party online.
People’s Pioneer Party chairperson Thet Thet Khine says the National League for Democracy is “autocratic” and plagued by an overriding fear of offending party leader.
BY AFP
Sithu, a child miner, is one of thousands of child labourers in Myanmar. We met with him and his family to find out what leads.
BY Frontier
Officials say the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases is decreasing in Rakhine State, but residents are struggling under stay-at-home orders and other restrictions that are pushing up commodity prices.
As COVID-19 cases mount in Yangon, the government has ordered townships to open quarantine centres but is not providing any financial support.
Young people with disabilities talk to Doh Athan about the challenges of pursuing higher education and finding work in Chin State.
BY Salai Joel
By AFP Rohingya groups around the world displayed a rare show of solidarity on Thursday with Myanmar’s ethnic Rakhine, who they say are suffering “horrifically.
BY AFP
Health authorities in Yangon say they are preparing for up to 5,000 cases in the city by building new treatment centres for mild and asymptomatic patients.
BY Frontier
Myanmar became an infamous example of disinformation run amok during the violent Rohingya crisis in 2017. With November’s election fast approaching, has Facebook learned its lesson?
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