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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BY Hein Ko Soe
Worries for residents near the landfill, which was the scene of a huge, weeks-long fire in April and May, include pollution and compensation for their land.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
A recent investment forum was dominated by Asian businesses but official figures for 2017-18 suggest growing diversity in sources of investment and targeted sectors, with real estate, agriculture and services all on the rise.
I was ill-at-ease at the second annual British Ball, a black-tie event held on May 19 at the Strand Hotel.
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BY Su Myat Mon
A monastic school in central Myanmar provides an education mainly for ethnic minorities from the country’s volatile border regions.
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BY Thomas Kean
There’s little public confidence in the integrity of the Myanmar Police Force, and it will not be easy to arrest the perceptions and criticisms that tarnish its image.
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