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.
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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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For communities living around Kachin State’s Indawgyi Lake, small-scale gold mining is a vital source of income, but it is taking a toll on the lake’s ecosystem.
A sweet deal awarded to a Chinese company during the military dictatorship is focusing more attention on production sharing contracts that lack transparency.
After decades in the doldrums, the nation’s movie industry is on the road to recovery and expansion, thanks partly to the contributions of young, foreign-trained film makers.
The Christmas spirit runs deep in the Kachin State capital, where December is alive with bright lights, cheerful greetings and roving groups of carollers.
Indictments from international courts will not miraculously transform Myanmar’s security forces, whose reform ultimately depends on political dynamics at home.
BY Kim Jolliffe
Myanmar’s acrobatic cane-ball game is typically a male pastime, but an increasing number of women are playing chinlone as professional athletes.
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