Hundreds of thousands of eligible voters could lose their right to cast a ballot in November thanks to a vote transfer system that shifts the burden from electoral authorities to voters.
Hundreds of thousands of eligible voters could lose their right to cast a ballot in November thanks to a vote transfer system that shifts the burden from electoral authorities to voters.
U Shwe Mann’s party has grown rapidly thanks to the wealth and influence of its leaders, but their military backgrounds cast doubt on its claim.
BY Swe Lei Mon
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Riverbank erosion is making life more precarious for many farming communities, especially in Ayeyarwady Region, where some villages are moving on a near-annual basis.
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BY Ye Mon
There has been an international outcry over your jailing. Does this make you hopeful?
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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အလယ်ပိုင်းဒေသက လယ်သမားတွေဟာ စပါးအထွက်နှုန်းတိုးတက်လာစေဖို့ စိုက်ပျိုးနည်းပညာသစ်ကို တဖြည်းဖြည်းနဲ့ လက်ခံပြီးအသုံးချလာကြသလို ကြိုတင်ခန့်မှန်းမရနိုင်တဲ့ ရာသီဥတုအခြေအနေနဲ့ လုပ်သားရှားပါးလာမှုအပါအဝင် လူမှုရေးနဲ့ သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ဆိုင်ရာ အပြောင်းအလဲတွေနဲ့လည်း အဆင်ပြေကိုက်ညီအောင် ကြိုးစားအားထုတ်လာကြပါတယ်။
BY Moh Moh Thaw
Close to 200,000 acres of flood-damaged paddy fields in Bago Region need replanting, but the government has been slow to provide farmers with the necessary seed.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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U Shwe Mann’s party has grown rapidly thanks to the wealth and influence of its leaders, but their military backgrounds cast doubt on its claim.
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