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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If China and India seek sustainable development in Myanmar, they should engage more locally and listen to the voices of affected communities. For China, this starts with the Myitsone Dam.
The wife of a Myanmar military officer was killed by a pipe bomb as they moved into a new home in northern Rakhine State, the army said Friday.
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တပ်မတော်အား လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့် အများအပြားပေးအပ်ထားသည့် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေအား ပြင်ဆင်ရေး လှုပ်ရှားမှုအား ထောက်ခံသည့် ဆန္ဒပြပွဲကို ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၂၇ ရက်နေ့၊ မွန်းလွဲပိုင်းက ရန်ကုန်မြို့လယ်၌ ကျင်းပခဲ့ရာ လူထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့သည်။
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In early 2016, the creation of the State Counsellor position for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi prompted cries of “democratic bullying” from unelected Tatmadaw MPs.
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