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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Breast milk is best for babies in the first six months of their lives but many mothers use formula because they are unaware that it can be detrimental to an infant’s health.
The Chinese government is advising the Ministry of Electricity and Energy on a white paper for hydropower policy at the same time as pressuring Myanmar to revive the long-stalled Myitsone dam.
BY Thomas Kean
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Historic grievances and Bamar chauvinism are among the factors that have fuelled Rakhine nationalism and supported the emergence of the Arakan Army.
တောင်တန်းထူသော မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအရှေ့ပိုင်း မြေပြန့်များနှင့် အမြင့်ပိုင်းနေရာများတွင် ခရမ်းရောင်ဘိန်းခင်းများ တခေါ်တမျှော် နေရာယူထားပြီး တောင်သူများအား အခြားသီးနှံပြောင်းစိုက်ရေးအတွက် မက်လုံးများ ပေးထားသော်လည်း ဝင်ငွေကောင်းသည့် သီးနှံကို စွန့်လွှတ်ရန် ၎င်းတို့ ဆန္ဒမရှိကြပေ
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The response from the government and military to the Arakan Army’s January 4 attacks is disproportionate and bound to backfire by strengthening support for the AA within Rakhine State.
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An open letter to President U Win Myint has focused attention on discriminatory material in the government’s civics education curriculum for primary schools.
BY Su Myat Mon
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