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's public health system is collapsing under the military regime, and a shortage of personnel means recovery could take at least a decade.
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The AA’s demand for confederacy status seems a bridge too far for either the National Unity Government or the junta, but the group says it will achieve its goal through any means necessary.
The international community and human rights groups condemned the trial as unfair and the five year sentence as politically motivated.
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Amid the ongoing conflict in Kayin State, the Myanmar military has been accused of indiscriminately shelling civilian areas and killing villagers – an accusation denied by an army POW – with women and children disproportionately affected.
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With the hot season well underway, residents fear worsening cuts to come, while rising fuel prices and an increased reliance on gas generators threaten to send business costs and commodity prices soaring.
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Despite being targeted by the junta, Myanmar independent media continues to deliver to an information-hungry people, as publishing and consumption habits fracture into pro-and-anti-junta camps.
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As the National Unity Government enters its second year of existence, it faces the herculean task of simultaneously governing and fighting a war against the military with limited resources.
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Residents of conflict-stricken Kayah State have to deal not only with displacement
caused by the fighting, but also heavy restrictions on medicine and assistance, with junta forces accused
of destroying supplies meant for IDPs.
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Fighting in Magway and Sagaing regions is wreaking havoc with the livelihood of farmers, disrupting the harvest and preventing crops from getting to the market.
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