More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly airstrike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.
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Interview with Thant Myint-U, presidential adviser and Yangon Heritage Trust chair.
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ရွေးကောက်ပွဲများတွင် အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့အချုပ်က အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်အတွက် ၁၃၅ ဦး၊ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်အတွက် ၂၅၅ ဦး၊ စုစုပေါင်း ၃၉၀ ဦး အနိုင်ရရှိထား
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ကိုယ်ခံပညာပေါင်းစုံ ပေါင်းစပ်ထိုးသတ်ရသည့် အဆိုပါ ပြိုင်ပွဲကို မတ် ၁၈ ရက်တွင် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ သုဝဏ္ဏအားကစားရုံတွင် ကျင်းပသွားမည်ဖြစ်သည်
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Some of the nation’s tycoons have shrugged off concerns about the future of their business empires under a National League for Democracy government.
In a forgotten corner of Yangon, a theme park feted by the former junta now lies derelict, with its residents facing an uncertain future.
An attitude of letting bygones be bygones might be politically opportune, but it will not make the poignant issue of transitional justice go away.
BY Hans Hulst
The Ministry of Education has embarked on an ambitious project to completely rebuild Myanmar's outmoded education system.
Writer Paul Theroux visited Myanmar in the 1970s while gathering material for The Great Railway Bazaar. Following in his footsteps decades later, little has changed on Myanmar’s railways.
BY Oliver Slow
U Thant Myint-U rose to prominence as an author and analyst on Myanmar. The Burmese historian has written four books, most notably The River of Lost Footsteps and Where China meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia.
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