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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Deeply entrenched conflicts among a dizzying array of ethnic armed groups driven by territorial ambitions, economic interests and ethnic nationalism have prevented most of Shan from joining the anti-junta struggle.
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Children displaced by regular bloody conflict in Kayin State are showing signs of emotional trauma. Teachers in displaced persons' camps told Doh Athan that older kids are losing interest in education, and that many boys just want to fight the military.
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Myanmar's military regime on Monday began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the Buddhist New Year, without specifying whether those jailed in its bloody crackdown on dissent would be freed.
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Already under strain from overharvesting and habitat degradation, Myanmar’s cordyceps fungus industry has accelerated since COVID-19 and the coup, along with the perilous search for a rare orchid root.
The military regime has confirmed that it carried out an air strike on a village in which dozens of people were reported killed, drawing condemnation from the United Nations and Western powers.
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Myanmar’s traditional new year festival normally sees millions returning to their hometowns, but the widening conflict and destruction of villages mean that for many this year, there is no going back.
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Ahead of this month’s deadline to submit arguments and evidence to the International Court of Justice, the military regime has been using questionable methods to collect testimony from Rohingya, at times even allegedly pressuring them to change their story.
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As public healthcare deteriorates, some are looking to invigorate the private sector, but bureaucratic dysfunction and regime crackdowns on dissident medics are denying opportunities to all but the well-connected.
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Conditions continue to worsen for Myanmar's garment workers, some of whom are forced to work punishing hours in unlicenced, often nameless factories that allegedly supply major global brands.
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