Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
The British linguist first set foot in Myanmar in 1960 and trained generations of Burmese language students.
Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.
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The divisions in the Arakan National Party that prompted Dr Aye Maung to resign as chairman run far deeper than the 2014 merger that created the party.
A senior Htoo Group official says damage to wiring at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel was the reason why some fire alarms failed to activate during a blaze on October 19 in which two people died.
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Village savings and loan associations in four Rakhine State townships are helping to raise living standards, empower women and keep usurious money lenders at bay.
Women’s groups in Kachin State say understaffed police with inadequate resources are hampering investigations into human trafficking and contributing to a crime wave in Myitkyina, in which women are often the targets.
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ကမ္ဘာပေါ်က အရည်အသွေးမြင့် ကျောက်ဈေးကွက်မှာ မြန်မာ့ကျောက်စိမ်း ပါ ဝင်မှုအချိုးအစားဟာ ၇၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းကျော် ရှိနေပေမယ့် ဒီလုပ်ငန်းက ရရှိတဲ့ အကျိုးအမြတ်တွေ ပြည်သူ့ဘဏ္ဍာထဲစီးဝင်မှု ပမာဏဟာ မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေပါသေးတယ်
Village savings and loan associations in four Rakhine State townships are helping to raise living standards, empower women and keep usurious money lenders at bay.
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