Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
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From his prison cell, Reuters journalist Wa Lone has written a children’s book about a schoolboy reporter who rescues his community from disaster.
BY Ben Dunant
A variety of acacia from Australasia is becoming the preferred choice for commercial plantations, including those planned as part of a reforestation project.
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A variety of acacia from Australasia is becoming the preferred choice for commercial plantations, including those planned as part of a reforestation project.
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A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years. After waging war in the ethnic states, it is in the then-capital, Yangon, during the 1988 national uprising, where soldier Nyo Aung is compelled to question the authority of those above and accept responsibility for his own.
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A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years.
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A project to document orchids in a conflict-hit area of Kayin State has uncovered almost 100 rare species – and some unknown varieties – while also encouraging women to take on leadership roles in their communities.
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