A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.
Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.
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Jade traders in Mandalay say the use of WeChat by Chinese brokers is hurting business and want the use of the social media app to be banned.
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မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ဒီမိုကရေစီကြိုးပမ်းမှုကို ထောက်ခံသည့်အတွက် ထောင်ဒဏ်ကျခံခဲ့ရသော အမျိုးသမီးများသည် သူတို့ခံစားရသည်ထက်ပို၍ အသိအမှတ် ပြုခံထိုက်ရှိသူများဖြစ်သည်။
BY Su Myat Mon
Greater English aptitude can open doors, but it’s equally true that open doors can lead to greater English aptitude.
BY Ewan Cameron
The steady growth in global popularity of the ancient Indian practice of yoga is supporting a rising number of studios in Yangon as well as retreats in spectacular locations.
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