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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Thailand has turned the screws on scamming operations abutting its territory, but experts warn of powerful vested interests on both sides of the border, while Myanmar migrants complain of heightened police harassment.
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The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is making slow strides toward returning Shan State’s Lashio town to pre-war normalcy, but residents remain on edge amid conflicting reports about whether the Kokang group will withdraw.
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While the regional bloc has been criticised for its lack of effectiveness, it still has a role to play in solving Myanmar’s crisis – so long as it widens the scope of its roadmap.
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While suppressing political dissent, the junta is also trying to cleanse the arts of anything it judges harmful to Myanmar’s traditional Buddhist culture, with LGBT themes the most recent target.
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Conflict and junta-imposed trade restrictions have throttled the supply of basic goods in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region, with displaced people paying the biggest price.
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One of the loudest voices calling for action against cyber scam centres on the Thai-Myanmar border, opposition MP Rangsiman Rome says Thailand's current crackdown is only the first step.
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Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centres in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return home, as China and Thailand finalised plans on Wednesday for their repatriation.
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Myanmar migrant students in Thailand face an uphill battle to sit exams that are a gateway to international universities, but even if they pass, the cost of higher education remains a barrier.
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In a wide-ranging interview, Chin National Front vice chair Dr Sui Khar discusses military strategy, Chin resistance infighting and Min Aung Hlaing’s miscalculations.
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