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.
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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.
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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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Terrified civilians are bearing the brunt of the upsurge in fighting in northern Shan State, as death and displacement rise due to attacks for which no armed force is claiming responsibility.
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As Mon State grapples with the worst flooding in years, there’s been criticism that the authorities took too long to come to the aid of affected communities.
Two years after the “clearance operation” that sent about 700,000 people fleeing to Bangladesh, Rohingya in Rakhine State continue to endure a degrading existence.
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While Tatmadaw and Kachin Independence Army soldiers face off in a long-running conflict, a company owned by the Kachin armed group has been profiting from the sale of power to government-controlled Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships.
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After two years languishing in camps in Bangladesh, young, educated Rohingya are finding expression through writing… and demanding a say in decisions about their future.
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