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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Illegal, aggressive advertising tactics are turning nursing mothers into victims of baby formula companies and jeopardising infant health, warn nutritionists.
Students at Yangon University have launched a campaign against sexual harassment on campus and hope it will receive more support from the administration.
A visit to the Arakan Army “temporary” headquarters in the stronghold of the Kachin Independence Army reveals a large number of fresh recruits and newly minted officers ready to be dispatched to Myanmar’s latest conflict zone.
BY Ye Mon
The Arakan Army, which is locked in a vicious fight with the Tatmadaw will not "get peace by praying", its commander said as he vowed his forces would fight on.
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Differences over the need for changes to the constitution are the main reason why relations between the government and the Tatmadaw are far from smooth.
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ဝ ပြည်နယ်အနေဖြင့် "လက်ရှိအနေအထား၊ အခြေအနေအတိုင်း" ဆက်လက်စောင့်ထိန်းသွားမည်ဟု ဝ ပြည်နယ်၊ ပြည်သူ့အစိုးရ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ဦးပေါက်ယူချန်းက ယနေ့ (ဧပြီ ၁၇ ရက်နေ့)တွင် ပြောဆိုလိုက်သည်။
Media outlets throughout the country are struggling with low revenues, the risk of legal harassment and subsidised competition in the form of state-owned dailies.
BY Oliver Slow
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