The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.
The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.
Lifelong revolutionary Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung speaks to Frontier’s Naw Betty Han about his decision to resign as a senior Karen National Union leader in order to make a run for parliament.
A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.
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The government has finally closed the door on the import of used vehicles from Japan, but many fear the policy changes have put cars out of reach for nearly everyone.
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Lawmakers say deals agreed by the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency should be renegotiated after uncovering irregularities in the agency’s activities.
The government has finally closed the door on the import of used vehicles from Japan, but many are concerned that the policy changes have put cars out of reach for all but the wealthiest households.
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ချန်ပီယံသစ် ပေါ်ထွက်လာပေမယ့် ကမောက်ကမဖြစ်စဉ်တွေနဲ့ပြည့်နှက်နေခဲ့တဲ့၂၀၁၇ မြန်မာနေရှင်နယ်လိဂ်ဘောလုံးရာသီဟာ မကြာမီက ပြီးဆုံးသွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သလို လိဂ်ကို လက်ပြနှုတ်ဆက်သွားခဲ့တဲ့ အသင်းတွေ စံချိန်တင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ရာသီလည်း ဖြစ်ပါတယ်
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