The revolutionary songs of Naing Myanmar, who died in February, have supplied a soundtrack for pro-democracy protests since the 1988 uprising, and activists say his music will remain an inspiration until Myanmar achieves freedom from military rule.
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The revolutionary songs of Naing Myanmar, who died in February, have supplied a soundtrack for pro-democracy protests since the 1988 uprising, and activists say his music will remain an inspiration until Myanmar achieves freedom from military rule.
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The auctioning of the imprisoned leader’s Yangon house at the behest of her estranged brother is a legal farce, lawyers say, while pro-democracy veterans insist it must be preserved for public memory.
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While thousands of civilians flee Myanmar’s war, grandmother Ama and others stay behind, forming the invisible backbone of the anti-junta struggle.
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This is the story of decades of armed conflict, of valuable and contested natural resources, and of multi-billion dollar backroom deals that will determine the future of millions of Myanmar’s citizens.
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Welcome, my young expatriate. Madame Mohinga has been expecting you, for I sense that you have been feeling lost and listless this rainy season [cackles]. Don’t be shy. Put down your gin and tonic, and let us seek the wisdom of the stars…
Adopting a neutral attitude about the belligerents in conflict areas of Myanmar that disregards lived experiences can have fatal consequences for people on the ground.
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Myanmar will make the change to Unicode fonts from the home-grown Zawgyi encoding system on October 1 – a switch that will leave many users outside their comfort zone.
Illegal mining is flourishing at the troubled Moehti Moemi goldfields in Mandalay Region and some say weak law enforcement and corruption are to blame.
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