Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
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Life’s hard for the salt farming communities in the far south of Ayeyarwady Region, where services are basic, food is scarce and debt is never-ending.
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Project delays and rising demand have created a power supply crunch, and the government is considering costly emergency measures to avoid blackouts in an election year.
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လာမည့်နှစ်တွင် မြန်မာရုပ်ရှင်ရာပြည့်ပွဲတော်ကို ကျင်းပတော့မည်ဖြစ်သော်လည်း ရုပ်ရှင်လောကက နိုင်ငံတကာစင်မြင့်တွင် ဝင်တိုးနိုင်ခြင်းမရှိသေးပေ။ သို့သော် မျိုးဆက်သစ်ဒါရိုက်တာများ၏ အားထုတ်မှုများများကြောင့် ထိုအခြေအနေမှာ မကြာမီ ပြောင်းလဲသွားဖွယ်ရှိနေသည်။
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