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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Thousands have fled western Chin state after days of fighting between anti-junta dissidents and the military, during which soldiers bombed civilian homes, residents and media said September 22.
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A boycott of state schools under military rule has caused a spike in enrollments at ethnic community schools and created opportunities for ethnic armed groups to broaden and strengthen trust and understanding with the public.
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has "no comment" on a declaration of war against the junta the parallel government dominated by lawmakers from her party, her lawyer said on September 20.
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The military regime is set to drop meaningful structural reforms from an economic recovery plan initiated by the former National League for Democracy government, and is instead promising to slash red tape in a bid to shore up collapsing business confidence.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Myanmar hard, and people living with a disability are especially vulnerable.
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Medical volunteers have been harassed, arrested and beaten by security forces since the coup in Myanmar on February 1.
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Multiple massacres of more than 40 people at the hands of the military have been reported in Sagaing Region, and Myanmar’s former UN ambassador has suggested the attacks could be a war crime. We talk to the families of the victims.
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In Tanintharyi Region, new military checkpoints are preventing local people from moving between villages and towns, and residents say the restrictions are unfair and putting livelihoods at risk.
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In Chin State's Mindat, fighting has displaced thousands of people and aid from both international agencies and local charities is not getting through.
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