The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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Formerly banned by the military, Chin National Day has been proudly celebrated since a bilateral ceasefire was signed in 2012, but efforts to observe it this year in southern Chin State have been thwarted by armed conflict.
Big players stayed away when the government invited tenders for five emergency power projects last June and the clock is ticking on a consortium racing to meet an April 3 deadline.
Hundreds of students were left disappointed when the National League for Democracy government shut down a multi-million-dollar international scholarship programme set up to great fanfare in 2014.
Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State is a wintering season stop-over for thousands of migratory birds and is enchanting an increasing number of bird lovers.
Exports of animal products have risen dramatically since the government lifted a ban on the export of live cattle and buffalo in October 2017, but new regulations have taken some of the shine off the trade.
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ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်နှင့်ရင်းနှီးသော တပ်မတော်သားပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးတစ်ဦး အစိုးရအဖွဲ့မှ စစ်ဘက်သို့ပြန်သွားခြင်းသည် မေးခွန်းများစွာကိုထားခဲ့သည်။
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A highly profitable but controversial aviation fuel joint venture has been operating without land lease agreements for four years, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers and the Auditor General’s Office.
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