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
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.
BY AFP
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.
BY Frontier
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Four years of work, more than 100 stakeholder meetings and millions of dollars of donor funding. But what does the National Education Strategic Plan actually say?
BY Thomas Kean
Farmers in a village in Ayeyarwady Region say that heavy flooding in recent years has severely affected their income, forcing them into a cycle of debt.
BY Su Myat Mon
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Frontier speaks with Harn Yawnghwe, executive director of the Euro-Burma Office, on what can be done to get the peace process back on track.
BY Paul Vrieze
A curriculum that fosters greater understanding of other cultures can engender empathy and open-mindedness, and avoid stereotypes and prejudices.
BY Ewan Cameron
A group of aspiring stand-up paddlers has been testing its skills on Inya Lake in a program supported by a Thai company with a big name in board sports in order to promote the activities in Myanmar.
BY Su Myat Mon
The Ministry of Education has generated controversy with an ad that discriminates against the disabled in apparent contravention of the 2008 Constitution and Myanmar’s obligations under a UN convention.
BY Thi Kha
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