Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
With an entire academic year already lost to the pandemic, the junta says schools will reopen on June 1, but teachers, students and their parents are refusing to attend or enroll in schools administered by generals and policed by soldiers.
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Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.
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Your predecessor was rather infamous during her tenure here for being media-averse. I’d like to ask first of all why you’ve agreed to have this interview?
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Your predecessor was rather infamous during her tenure here for being media-averse. I’d like to ask first of all why you’ve agreed to have this interview?
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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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