Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.
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Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.
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Many workers brought to criminal hubs in Southeast Asia have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, but some are seeking a payday despite the risks. Frontier spoke to two workers – one in online gambling the other in online scams – about their daily lives, working conditions and what brought them to Shwe Kokko.
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The woes of war in western Myanmar have been exacerbated by Cyclone Mocha, with already-struggling residents saying they have still received no assistance, and even accusing the military of launching fresh attacks during the storm.
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An amended law governing vacant, fallow and virgin land threatens to turn millions of smallholder farmers into criminal trespassers.
BY Ben Dunant
The latest campaign against chewing betel follows indications that the deeply-ingrained national habit is becoming more popular, including among women.
BY Su Myat Mon
ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အလယ်ပိုင်းဒေသရှိ ကျေးရွာပေါင်း ၃ဝ တွင် ကိုယ်ဝန်ဆောင်နှင့် ၎င်းတို့မှမွေးဖွားလာသော အသက် ၂ နှစ်အောက် ကလေးငယ်များအား ငွေကြေး ထောက်ပံ့မှုအစီအစဉ်ဖြင့် ၂ဝ၁၄ ခုနှစ်မှာ စတင်ခဲ့သည့် တက်လမ်းအာဟာရစီမံချက်၏ အောင်မြင်မှုသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏အခြားဒေသများတွင်လည်း အလားတူအစီအစဉ်များအား အကောင်အထည်ဖော်ဆောင်ရေးအတွက် အစိုးရအား အထောက်အပံ့ကောင်း ဖြစ်စေခဲ့သည်။
BY Moh Moh Thaw
Dressing up like a Yangon traffic cop for Halloween was, if anything, an act of respect.
The Shan State hill retreat hopes to lure more visitors with symbols of its colonial past, but Kalaw’s real appeal lies in its present-day diversity.
BY Ben Dunant
The repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh that was supposed to get underway on November 15 was always destined to fail given the present conditions in northern Rakhine State.
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