A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.
Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.
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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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The prolonged deadlock in political negotiations and a reduction in hostilities have “frozen” many of Myanmar’s conflicts, but the threat of renewed fighting remains very real.
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