For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
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Locals in Ayeyarwady Region have welcomed compensation offers for property damaged during a big military training exercise, but are worried that not all the projectiles that missed targets have been found and defused.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
Two Public Hearing Forums in Sittwe organised by Tat Lan marked the first opportunity for Rakhine State government leaders, civil society groups and villagers to discuss openly issues of community concern.
မကြာသေးမီက ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည့် တပ်မတော်၏ စစ်ရေးလေ့ကျင့်မှုကြီးအပြီးတွင် ပျက်စီးခဲ့သည့် အဆောက်အအုံများအတွက် လျော်ကြေးပေးရန် ကမ်းလှမ်းမှုများကို ကြိုဆိုသော်လည်း ပစ်မှတ်လွဲသွားသည့် ကျည်ဖူးများအားလုံး ပြန်လည် မတွေ့တော့ရှိမည်နှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲအောင် မပြုလုပ်နိုင်မည်ကို ဒေသခံများက စိုးရိမ်လျက်ရှိသည်။
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
Too often, the government is unwilling to engage with those who hold different views and are not afraid to express them.
The military's admission of involvement in the Inn Din massacre was made to pre-empt the release of the Reuters report, and after its own investigation had claimed that no such killings took place.
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Machine-made jewellery is threatening the work of goldsmithing, one of the traditional arts and crafts known as the ‘10 flowers’.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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