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.
BY Frontier
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A month after soldiers and workers turned up and fenced off their fields, farmers in South Dagon were still trying to learn who or what is behind the apparent land grab.
BY Su Myat Mon
In early 2016, the creation of the State Counsellor position for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi prompted cries of “democratic bullying” from unelected Tatmadaw MPs.
လက်ရှိ NLD အစိုးရလက်ထက် ပုံနှိပ်မီဒီယာ လွတ်လပ်၍ တိုးတက်စည်ပင်လာမည်ဟု မျှော်လင့်နေခဲ့ကြသည့် ဂျာနယ်လစ်များအတွက် ထားဝယ်၌ ချမှတ်ခဲ့သည့် တရားရုံးအမိန့်တစ်ခုက နောက်ထပ်စိတ်ပျက်စရာတစ်ခုဖြစ်လာသည်။
BY Ye Mon
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BY Su Myat Mon
A revised law that would legalise casinos has been enthusiastically backed by casino owners, and by regional governments expecting a tax windfall.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
The fallout over fighting in Rakhine State has included a Tatmadaw operation to search monks returning to Yangon after sitting exams in Sittwe.
BY Su Myat Mon
The Yangon Region government appears to be backtracking on a secret deal to lease 26 sites to a private company, Yangon Petrol, following widespread public criticism and pressure from regional lawmakers.
BY Hein Ko Soe
It’s not going to misalign your chakras to shave and throw on a pair of knock-off Levis.
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