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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Myanmar journalists are pushing for changes to the country's controversial Broadcasting Law, derisively called a Ministry of Information “wish list”.
Former anti-government rebel Aung Naing Oo has been playing a key role in helping to end years of armed conflict through his work with the Myanmar Peace Center.
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ထိုသို့တိုက်ခိုက်ခံခဲ့ရသည့်အမှုအား ကချင်ပြည်နယ်အစိုးရက စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကာ စစ်ဆေး ဖော်ထုတ်သွားမည်ဟု သိရသည်
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The recent surge in the value of the kyat against the greenback was due partly to the Central Bank’s inability to prevent currency speculation.
Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
BY Oliver Slow
Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
BY Oliver Slow
The decision to push back the election of the country’s next head of state until March 17 has focused interest on the Tatmadaw’s likely candidate.
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