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.
BY Frontier
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 incident caught on film has put yet another spotlight on the human rights abuses accompanying the fighting in a major opium producing area of northern Shan State.
BY Niels Larsen
Frontier speaks with His Excellency Hong Liang, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar.
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ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးအရေအတွက် လေ ျှာ့ချလိုက်ခြင်းကြောင့် နိုင်ငံ့ဘဏ္ဍာငွေ ကျပ်သန်း ၅,၀၀၀ ကျော် ရလာနိုင်
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Dry season conditions are always harsh in central Myanmar, but El Niño has exacerbated the situation this year and the water supply outlook is already grim.
His Excellency Mr. Hong Liang, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, presented his credentials to President U Thein Sein on July 29, 2015. Ambassador Hong was deputy director general for the Department of Asian Affairs, under China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before becoming ambassador. He has also served in Malaysia and Australia. On March 4, he hosted a question and answer session at his residence in Yangon.
BY Frontier
The National League for Democracy's preparations have left Daw Aung San Suu Kyi the option of taking the Foreign Minister role, if she wants it.
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