Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
BY Sam Foot
Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
BY Sam Foot
Trade between the once-thriving border towns of Muse and Ruili is restarting after nearly three years, but remains restricted to a trickle of trucks, with Myanmar wary of the COVID-19 surge in China.
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The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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Dialogue between the Rakhine and Rohingya communities is essential to achieve a sustainable solution to an increasingly complex crisis.
Without proper screening, half of the one in seven pregnant women in Myanmar with gestational diabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within five years, leading to huge healthcare costs and drastically shorter lives.
BY David Luther
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.
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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
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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