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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Many of those arrested for their involvement in the widespread resistance against last year’s coup have been tortured during interrogation, and more than 100 people have been killed in custody.
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Doctors say a much-feared COVID-19 fourth wave might not be as bad as expected, but the weakened currency caused by the country’s political turmoil means that healthcare is out of reach for much of the population.
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As the people of Myanmar express solidarity with Ukraine while waiting for help of their own, the international community’s response to Russia’s invasion shows that it can take concerted action when it chooses to.
BY Joe Freeman
Marking Armed Forces Day, also the anniversary of the military's bloodiest protest crackdown, the junta pledges to annihilate resistance as Western countries unveil new sanctions.
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This week: Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s National League for Democracy have been jailed since the coup, and those brought before the junta-controlled courts have.
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Across rural Myanmar, villagers who once volunteered to help stop the spread of COVID-19 are instead fleeing from military crackdowns or joining armed resistance. By.
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The Myanmar military’s brutal methods to try to end the widespread resistance to its rule have included the use of sexual violence and torture in interrogation, against men and women, often leading to long-lasting physical and psychological damage.
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The United States has determined that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity.
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More than a year after the first anti-coup militias began to form and wage armed struggle against Myanmar’s military regime, young activists continue to stage peaceful protests in the streets despite brutal repression.
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