It was perhaps inevitable that the disbursement of billions of kyat to help needy households weather the COVID-19 storm would lead to questions about administrative.
It was perhaps inevitable that the disbursement of billions of kyat to help needy households weather the COVID-19 storm would lead to questions about administrative.
Hopes are rising that elections can soon be held in the nine Rakhine State townships where voting was cancelled on November 8, but the National League for Democracy seems unconvinced.
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The Kachin State capital boasts a spectacular array of eateries offering authentic Kachin fare and dishes from neighbouring Shan State. The three below are all notable for being operated by successful, confident women restaurateurs.
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In the first of a two-part series, we teach you how to play three traditional Myanmar street games.
ဆွာချောင်းရေလှောင်တမံ ကျိုးပေါက်ရာက ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့တဲ့ ရေကြီးရေလျှံမှုတွေကြောင့် လေးဦးသေဆုံးပြီး ဗိုလ်မှူးတစ်ဦးနဲ့ ကလေးငယ်တစ်ဦး အပါအဝင် သုံးဦးပျောက်ဆုံးနေတယ်လို့ တာဝန်ရှိသူတစ်ဦးက ပြောပါတယ်။
As Myanmar holds its biggest videogame tournament yet, the competitive e-sports scene is struggling to go professional.
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More than two months after they were introduced, residents and officials in Yangon are increasingly ignoring stay-at-home orders, yet the government insists infection rates need to fall before they can be rolled back.
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