Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.
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Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.
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Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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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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The Kachin State capital boasts a spectacular array of eateries offering authentic Kachin fare and dishes from neighbouring Shan State. The three below are all notable for being operated by successful, confident women restaurateurs.
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In the first of a two-part series, we teach you how to play three traditional Myanmar street games.
ဆွာချောင်းရေလှောင်တမံ ကျိုးပေါက်ရာက ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့တဲ့ ရေကြီးရေလျှံမှုတွေကြောင့် လေးဦးသေဆုံးပြီး ဗိုလ်မှူးတစ်ဦးနဲ့ ကလေးငယ်တစ်ဦး အပါအဝင် သုံးဦးပျောက်ဆုံးနေတယ်လို့ တာဝန်ရှိသူတစ်ဦးက ပြောပါတယ်။
As Myanmar holds its biggest videogame tournament yet, the competitive e-sports scene is struggling to go professional.
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