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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After a crushing defeat in the November general election, ethnic political parties are seeking to rebuild to ensure a stronger showing in 2020.
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BY Oliver Slow
The Yangon Region government should be trying to mitigate the social problems caused by alcohol through better planning, rather than reimposing a blanket curfew on late-night businesses.
Maung Saungkha, detained for publishing a poem on Facebook about having a tattoo of the former president on his penis, was released on Tuesday.
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Midwives in Myanmar do much more than deliver babies and provide maternal health care but there are too few of them, especially in rural areas where they labour under onerous workloads.
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Daw Yin Myo Suu, managing director of Inle Princess Resort and founder of the Inthar Heritage House, speaks to Frontier about ethical business and conservation at Inle Lake.
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