Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.
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Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.
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Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.
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Escalating fighting, bitter and growing ethnic tensions and mysterious killings are blighting Rakhine State, and the situation is unlikely to improve any time soon.
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BY Ye Mon
Yangon holds its first municipal elections in more than 60 years with universal adult suffrage, but most residents stay shy of the polling stations.
ရန်ကုန်မြို့တော်စည်ပင်သာယာရေးကော်မတီ အဆင့်ဆင့် ရွေးကောက်တင်မြှောက်ပွဲကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့တွင် ယနေ့ (မတ် ၃၁ ရက်)က ကျင်းပခဲ့ရာ စိတ်ဝင်စားသူနည်းပါးခဲ့ပြီး မဲစာရင်းတွင် အမည်မပါရှိသဖြင့် မဲပေးခွင့်မရသူများလည်းရှိခဲ့သလို မဲသွားရောက်မပေးခဲ့သူ အများအပြားရှိခဲ့သည်။
Train-loving photographers are helping to keep Myanmar’s last steam locomotives rolling but not for much longer, thanks to big-budget railway upgrades.
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