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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The Muslim community outside Rakhine State has reacted with understandable concern over recent events in Maungdaw, but many discount government claims of 'terrorist' involvement.
There is a way for the State Counsellor to end the impasse that has led to yet more armed clashes in Myanmar's north.
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Hundreds of people live as squatters on a sliver of riverside land along the Myanmar-Thai border that is notorious for lawlessness and drug deals.
Gender-based violence is a huge, and often ignored, problem in Myanmar. In Kachin State, centres have been established to help women who have been abused in IDP camps.
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Rakhine State villages are wracked by alcohol abuse because of the easy availability of cheap moonshine and products made from ethanol.
The four ethnic armed groups that launched a joint offensive in northern Shan State last month should be formally declared terrorist groups, the defense minister says.
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