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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Frontier sits down with Dr Thant Myint-U, founding chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust.
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The centuries-old informal money transfer system known as hundi is built on trust, rapport and friendship. It’s still thriving in Myanmar, though it might be a drain on the official economy.
Five years ago, a group of architects, historians, businesspeople and others banded together to form the Yangon Heritage Trust in a last-ditch attempt to preserve Yangon’s unique character. While the initial aim was to save the city’s heritage buildings, which were in danger of being torn down, the group’s focus has since expanded to broader questions of urban development.
BY Thomas Kean
Months after a report on abuses and corruption in prison labour camps prompted calls for reforms and investigations, little has changed.
BY Myanmar Now
The naming of a former Tatmadaw officer as a key suspect in the death of Ko Ni has left many despairing that those responsible for the murder will never face justice.
Young people have long contributed to change in Myanmar, but there has been little space for them to be actively involved as decision makers in the current peace process.
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