The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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A new art gallery in the Tanintharyi capital of Dawei aims to showcase the natural beauty and cultural heritage of a region on the brink of large-scale development.
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The chance discovery of a magazine at a home in Mawlamyine nearly 40 years ago led to the founding of Myanmar’s Hare Krishna movement.
Chinese drug police are working with Mekong countries to strike at the heart of a mega-rich meth syndicate, as the region targets top-level drug traffickers instead of street dealers.
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Collusion between local police and a network of motorbike taxi drivers and owners in a town on the Yangon River may be masking the scale of a scam targeting foreign and Myanmar visitors.
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