Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
BY Sam Foot
Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
BY Sam Foot
Trade between the once-thriving border towns of Muse and Ruili is restarting after nearly three years, but remains restricted to a trickle of trucks, with Myanmar wary of the COVID-19 surge in China.
BY Frontier
The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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Drug addiction is blighting communities throughout Myanmar, but in one Sagaing Region township a woman bearing a bucket of used syringes has galvanised a fightback.
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The diversity of Chin society and language is sometimes seen as an obstacle to ethnic unity, but might better be understood as a source of strength.
The National League for Democracy government has failed to win the trust of ethnic armed groups and has also damaged its relationships with ethnic political parties, raising questions about its commitment to building a democratic federal union.
Debilitating mosquito-borne diseases pose an increasing threat to migrant workers and refugees just across the border in Thailand, where clinics running on dwindling foreign aid struggle to meet needs.
BY Laure Siegel
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The government’s need to secure new supplies of natural gas and a desire to send a positive signal to investors has likely helped a consortium including Total, Woodside and MPRL negotiate favourable fiscal terms to develop the A-6 block.
BY Thomas Kean
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