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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Who would accept money to turn their yard into a garbage dump? And how did plastic from Poland end up in Yangon? Find out more in this week's podcast.
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China's public security minister has held talks with Myanmar's junta on establishing peace along their shared border, state media said Tuesday, following clashes between ethnic armed groups and the military in northern Shan State.
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Small groups of women and youth have taught civilians and resistance fighters across Myanmar’s Dry Zone about the principles of humane resistance, but they badly need support to continue their work.
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An alliance of ethnic armed groups in Myanmar launched coordinated attacks on the military across northern Shan State on Friday, posing a fresh challenge to the junta as it struggles to quell resistance to its rule.
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As fighting flares in Myanmar’s ruby capital, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army is more openly cooperating with post-coup resistance groups, but its main objective may lie farther north, on the border with China.
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The United States’ biggest piece of Myanmar legislation in decades may soon begin bearing fruit, but the quirks of the US political system are key to understanding what comes next – and how to influence it.
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Five Myanmar nationals asked the Philippines on Wednesday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by 10 serving or former members of Myanmar's military against the mainly Christian Chin minority.
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Human trafficking has increased in Myanmar since the coup amid widespread lawlessness and economic stagnation, with those internally displaced by conflict among the most vulnerable.
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Imagine working in a metal mine - in dark, dirty and dangerous conditions. You’d want to be paid well and have good health care facilities, right? For workers in the Bawdwin mine in northern Shan State these are bones of contention.
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