The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.
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The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.
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Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.
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With new facilities, imported equipment and foreign expertise, a state-owned enterprise is expanding its pharmaceutical business – and even moving into export markets.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
A semi-autobiographical work of fiction set in the jade mining town of Hpakant in Kachin State, where landscapes are ravaged and people discarded like the rocks they scramble for.
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s central European tour made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Two schoolboys who vanished from the Sagaing Region capital six months ago are feared to have become victims of human trafficking into the fishing industry.
If your home is in a flood-prone area and sloshing about in water is disrupting your family life, there’s a company in Mandalay that offers an uplifting solution.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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A depletion in the variety of local food sources, stubborn poverty rates and stretched health services are driving high rates of malnutrition in the Ayeyarwady delta.
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ရန်ကုန်မြို့ မဟာဗန္ဓုလပန်းခြံ၌ လူပေါင်း ၇၄၀ က နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ရုပ်ပုံကို ကားချပ်များဖြင့် စုပေါင်းပုံဖော်ခဲ့ကြသည်။ ဓာတ်ပုံ-အေအက်ဖ်ပီ
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