In the remote mountains of Kachin State, rare earth elements used in everything from wind turbine generators to television screens are being mined illegally with seemingly toxic chemicals.
In the remote mountains of Kachin State, rare earth elements used in everything from wind turbine generators to television screens are being mined illegally with seemingly toxic chemicals.
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare earth trade, and has turned the territory under his de facto control into a mining hub at a high environmental cost.
New restrictions on the sale and distribution of oxygen to the public have made it harder to treat COVID-19 patients at home and social welfare groups have warned the rules could result in more preventable deaths.
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The government and the Tatmadaw need to review their approach to the peace process to help to ensure that it can be a success.
A decade after the death and devastation of Cyclone Nargis, there’s dissatisfaction over storm shelters in some of the worst-affected Ayeyarwady Delta villages.
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Donors need to plan for the “tragic reality” that Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh won’t be coming home any time soon, says think-tank.
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Preceding the release of Facebook’s latest report on enforcing community standards, Frontier interviewed the company’s vice president for community integrity on what it’s doing to tackle hate speech in Myanmar.
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