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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If you were displaced by fighting, you’d want to return home after a ceasefire, right? But if you’re not the right ethnicity in Kokang areas of northern Shan State, it seems that’s not possible.
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The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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Would you do an incredibly risky job if you were not paid? That’s what many medics who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement are still doing, despite the dangers.
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As the military regime targets places of worship to break popular support for the resistance, Catholic communities caught up in the conflict are being denied the consolations of their religion.
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Malaysia is encouraging undocumented migrants to hand themselves in on the promise to repatriate rather than detain them, but many Myanmar migrants fear being arrested on their return or forced to serve in the military.
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After the military seized power in 2021, sparking social and economic turmoil and armed conflict across the country, opium has become more important to some farmers struggling to get by.
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Women’s organisations claim cases of men luring women to cohabit with them under false promises of marriage are increasing, but while this is considered a crime under Myanmar law, social stigma discourages women from seeking redress.
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In times of great stress, religion can be a great comfort to people of faith. But if your religious space has been destroyed and your community is scattered, what do you do? Find out more in this week's episode of Doh Athan.
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The military regime’s tightening of customs checks has boosted seafood smuggling from Tanintharyi Region to Thailand, with the collusion of members of the Myanmar navy.
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