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Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.

BY Hein Thar

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Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

BY Hein Thar

News, Business

‘I often thought about hurting myself’: factory workers suffer through shutdown

Hundreds of thousands of workers in the garment sector are relieved to be back at work after enduring a miserable, desperate month in cramped hostels..

BY Pyae Sone Aung

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Pet cafe trend catching on in Yangon

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The unseemly rush to amend 66(d)

A hurried move to amend the notorious clause of the Telecommunications Law has generated a chorus of disapproval from journalists and civil society groups.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်တွင် အထူးအထွက်တိုးစပါး စိုက်ပျိုးရေး

ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်သည် ပထဝီ အနေအထားအရ သီးခြားဖြစ်နေသဖြင့် ရခိုင်လယ်သမားတို့မှာ ဈေးကွက်နှင့်လည်း အလှမ်းဝေး၊ အထွက်နှုန်း နှစ်ဆတိုးစေမည့် မျိုးကောင်းမျိုးသန့် စပါးမျိုးတို့ကိုလည်း လက်လှမ်းမမှီ ဖြစ်နေလေရာ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ လုံလောက်ရေးအတွက် အခက်အခဲ ဖြစ်နေကြရသည်။

BY Jennifer Macintyre

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High yield harvests

The geographical isolation of many Rakhine State farmers means they lack access to markets and paddy strains that can help double yields and ensure food security.

BY Jennifer Macintyre

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With eyes to the ground, there’s jade to be found

Easy pickings are a distant memory in one of the nation’s most isolated jade mining areas, but that hasn’t stopped hopeful fossickers.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Health Ministry urges calm over H1N1 flu outbreak

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Long-awaited companies law submitted to parliament

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Affairs, Features

The elephant killings

A cluster of villages near Yangon has emerged as an elephant poaching hotspot, with some accusing local police of underreporting the problem.

BY Sam Aung Moon

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What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

Kyaw Myint is just the tiniest tip of a very large iceberg of criminal activity in Myanmar’s business community, but as long as you steer clear of politics you’re unlikely to get caught.

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