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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An embezzlement probe has been launched after nearly $100 million vanished from a fund set up by Myanmar's gem companies, raising corruption fears.
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The nationalist monks have opened a Yangon school that teaches students how to become ‘decent citizens’ who protect Myanmar’s majority race and Buddhist religion.
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The question of citizenship for Muslims in Rakhine State is one of the government’s toughest challenges – and a potential flashpoint for unrest and political instability.
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The United States has lifted some sanctions against Myanmar while keeping many more in place, but analysts argue they are impeding the economy’s growth.
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