Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Intense conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has led to an increase in the number of severely injured civilians, even as aid organisations stop work in the region and services for the disabled decline.
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Resistance groups in western Mandalay Region have shown signs of greater coordination and effectiveness, but there’s still a long way to go to replicate the successes of their comrades in the north.
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တပ်မတော်အား လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့် အများအပြားပေးအပ်ထားသည့် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေအား ပြင်ဆင်ရေး လှုပ်ရှားမှုအား ထောက်ခံသည့် ဆန္ဒပြပွဲကို ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၂၇ ရက်နေ့၊ မွန်းလွဲပိုင်းက ရန်ကုန်မြို့လယ်၌ ကျင်းပခဲ့ရာ လူထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့သည်။
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In early 2016, the creation of the State Counsellor position for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi prompted cries of “democratic bullying” from unelected Tatmadaw MPs.
A month after soldiers and workers turned up and fenced off their fields, farmers in South Dagon were still trying to learn who or what is behind the apparent land grab.
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A revised law that would legalise casinos has been enthusiastically backed by casino owners, and by regional governments expecting a tax windfall.
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လက်ရှိ NLD အစိုးရလက်ထက် ပုံနှိပ်မီဒီယာ လွတ်လပ်၍ တိုးတက်စည်ပင်လာမည်ဟု မျှော်လင့်နေခဲ့ကြသည့် ဂျာနယ်လစ်များအတွက် ထားဝယ်၌ ချမှတ်ခဲ့သည့် တရားရုံးအမိန့်တစ်ခုက နောက်ထပ်စိတ်ပျက်စရာတစ်ခုဖြစ်လာသည်။
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