The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.
The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.
Lifelong revolutionary Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung speaks to Frontier’s Naw Betty Han about his decision to resign as a senior Karen National Union leader in order to make a run for parliament.
A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.
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Private equity company Ascent Capital has launched Singapore’s first Myanmar-focused fund, with backing from high-profile investors including sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the Asian Development Bank.
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Rakhine nationalists were outraged when the government warned them not to support the Rakhine armed group and accused it of colluding with Rohingya militants.
The UN refugee agency has begun phasing out the protection it provides in Malaysia to tens of thousands of Chin, most of whom do not want to return to Myanmar.
Hundreds gathered recently in a remote mountain village to celebrate the inauguration of a ‘peace park’ backed by the Karen National Union.
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တက်လမ်းကနေ အသက်သွင်းပေးလိုက်တဲ့ ငွေစုငွေချေးအဖွဲ့ငယ်တွေဟာ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အတွင်းက ဝေးလံခေါင်ဖျားတဲ့ကျေးရွာတွေမှာ အမျိုးသမီးတွေအတွက် လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်နဲ့ အစွမ်းအစတွေဖော်ထုတ်ပြသနိုင်ရာ စင်မြင့်တွေဖြစ်လာကြပါတယ်။
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