Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.
BY Swe Lei Mon
Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.
BY Swe Lei Mon
The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.
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A large engineering firm is proposing a deep-sea port and industrial zone in a hard-to-reach part of Ayeyarwady Region’s western coast, bringing with it road and rail connections to Yangon.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
In the same week that the Rakhine assembly launched an investigation of last month’s violence in the ancient city, four suspects in the killing of the former Mrauk U administrator have been arrested in Yangon.
BY Su Myat Mon
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Ko Mratt Kyaw Thu received the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his courageous coverage of ethnic conflict in Myanmar's borderlands.
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The domestic edible oil sector, which continues to struggle in a competitive market and needs more government support, industry leaders say.
A township in the Shan hills that once produced most of the world’s lead, and much of its silver, is eager to share its fascinating history with visitors from near and far.
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Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.
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