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.
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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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An Indian state-owned company has sent Myanmar large amounts of fuel suitable for warships since the military seized power in 2021, but the actual recipient is shrouded in secrecy.
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Myanmar's military and the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armed groups announced a ceasefire on Friday after months of conflict that has claimed hundreds of lives and posed the biggest threat to the junta since it seized power in 2021.
BY AFP
Leprosy patients have been left in limbo by the post-coup healthcare collapse, and experts say an apparent decrease in numbers reflects dwindling state capacity, not fewer patients.
BY Frontier
Pictures by photojournalist Mar Naw capture life in resistance-controlled areas of Tanintharyi Region, where anti-junta groups have established parallel health and education systems but also allowed harmful mining operations to continue.
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The overstretched military is increasingly recruiting young men in urban areas against their will, often targeting them at night and threatening them with imprisonment.
BY Frontier
How easily could you rebuild your life if your whole village was moved to a different location? That’s the reality facing the villagers of Lilu, in northern Shan State, whose homes will be submerged if the Namtu dam project is completed.
BY Frontier
The labour ministry’s new 1,000 kyat “allowance” skirts minimum wage law requirements at a time when the military’s mishandling of the economy has drastically shrunk workers’ purchasing power.
BY Frontier
Opponents of Myanmar's junta use drone attacks to challenge the military's dominance of the skies through its Russian- and Chinese-built jets and helicopters.
BY AFP
A migrant worker from central Myanmar tells Frontier how he fled Laukkai as war closed in on the town bordering China, bringing with it death, destruction and allegations of forced recruitment.
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