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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The UN says over 18 million people in Myanmar are in humanitarian need. But the number of groups available to help them has shrunk dramatically since the military regime introduced a new Organisation Registration Law.
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Political turmoil and economic free-fall have pushed many elderly people onto the streets, with shelters struggling to cope as funding dries up and the regime largely ignores the problem.
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Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic armed organisation have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
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Since the 2021 coup, Doh Athan has documented many human rights abuses in Myanmar. But for all the horrific stories, there are are also resilient people still working to defend human rights. In this story we hear from an artist who documented conditions inside the notorious Insein prison.
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"What do you want to do after school or college?" It's a question many young people are asked. But Rohingya students have so many restrictions and so little choice, that they often can't answer.
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With the Myanmar military suffering unprecedented losses on the battlefield, regime leader Min Aung Hlaing is finding himself on increasingly shaky ground as discontent rises up the ranks.
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Elected parliamentarians have met and plan to establish regional constitution committees, but some activists are pushing back, calling for a more inclusive process and a total overhaul of the previous system.
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Taxes help to fund Myanmar’s anti-junta struggle and many in Sagaing Region are willing to pay them, but some residents complain of an unfair burden and say a lack of oversight is enabling corruption.
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If you knew someone had HIV, would you treat them differently? Despite awareness campaigns over the years, lack of understanding and prejudice is still leading to discrimination against people with HIV – even when they are children.
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