Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
With an entire academic year already lost to the pandemic, the junta says schools will reopen on June 1, but teachers, students and their parents are refusing to attend or enroll in schools administered by generals and policed by soldiers.
BY Frontier
Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.
BY Frontier
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One of the most important events in the Buddhist calendar leaves a bus traveller with time to count lots of hats.
Drivers visit a famous shrine on Yangon’s outskirts to propitiate its nat in the belief it will protect them in business and on the roads.
BY Su Myat Mon
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BY Ben Dunant
For 50 years, successive Myanmar governments have banned the import of foreign liquor but the only beneficiary has been the black market.
As the influential distilleries industry opposes lifting an import ban, the illegal trade in whisky and other spirits is estimated to be costing at least US$13 million annually in lost tax revenue.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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BY AFP
ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံတွင် မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်းလုပ်သားများ ခေါင်းပုံဖြတ်ခံရမှု ရပ်တန့်သွားစေရေးအတွက် ထိုင်းအစိုးရက ဥပဒေပြဌာန်းထားသော်လည်း ခေါင်းပုံဖြတ်မှုအမြတ်ထုတ်မှုများ ရှိနေဆဲဖြစ်သည်
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The UN slammed Friday India's deportation of seven Rohingya men to Myanmar despite warnings they could face persecution.
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BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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