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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For the military government, Myanmar's national performing arts competition was less about the arts than forging a new concept of 'national identity' – one in which ethnic minorities were given only a token place.
BY Hein Ko Soe
A handful of tourism projects around the country are seeking to deliver real benefits to host communities, but national-level policies are still heavily focused on regulations that act as a barrier to entry for smaller operators.
The decision by the United Wa State Army to invite reporters to its capital at Panghsang and its seizure of territory from a long-term ally reflects serious concern over its future.
A look at the numbers behind the growth of Myanmar's tourism market since 2011, and the top sources of foreign arrivals in Myanmar.
သင်္ဃန်းကျွန်းမြို့နယ်တွင် ရိုက်နှက်မှု ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့ကြပြီး Facebook လူမှုကွန်ရက်ပေါ်တွင် မှတ်တမ်းဓာတ်ပုံများနှင့်တကွ ရေးသားဖော်ပြခဲ့ရသည့် ဘီအမ်ခရီးသည်တင်ယာဉ်မောင်းနှင့် ယာဉ်နောက်လိုက်များအား ဖမ်းဆီးလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်သည်ဟု ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အောက်တိုဘာ ၂၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့သည်။
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Few foreign visitors make it down to Tanintharyi Region, but those who do will find stunning beaches, untouched islands and long-forgotten colonial outposts.
Further changes are needed to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism’s latest draft to ensure the new law meets the sector’s needs and guides sustainable development.
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