More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly airstrike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.
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Deepening poverty and increased demand for scrap materials are driving ever more people, including children, to scavenge for rubbish in Myanmar’s cities, but worsening power cuts are creating recycling bottlenecks.
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As temperatures across Myanmar have been reaching record levels in recent months, factory workers in Yangon complain that their managers are refusing to turn on fans or provide them with any relief for the scorching heat.
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A Myanmar junta delegation visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Thursday as part of a mooted pilot repatriation scheme.
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The United Nations on Wednesday called for Myanmar to open up and ensure life-saving aid can get to parts of the country hit by deadly Cyclone Mocha.
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Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.
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Hundreds of thousands of university students have abandoned their students after the 2021 coup. New universities have been created for these students, but many - both inside and outside Myanmar - face difficulties to study, due to financial problems, security risks or lack of access to reliable electricity.
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As regions like Sagaing plunge deeper into the chaos of Myanmar’s post-coup conflict, cases of sexual violence by both sides are on the rise and victims have few avenues to seek redress.
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Widespread conflict has had a devastating impact on paddy farmers in war zones, but the slump in production is driving up prices for farmers in more stable areas, despite new onerous export restrictions.
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Ma Thuzar is a Myanmar migrant worker living in Thailand with her husband. Heavily pregnant and unable to go back home due to the violence unleashed by the coup, she and her husband are struggling to survive and are vulnerable to exploitation by employers and the authorities.
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