Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.
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Producer-emcee Kan Kyi draws on his roots to unite a diverse crew of emcees to say in Chiang Mai what often can’t be said in Myanmar.
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Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement has involved tremendous sacrifice, but if this is not to be in vain, the movement needs to be reborn as an independent, nonviolent force focused on creating change rather than promoting divisive political identities.
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Myanmar's military regime on Sunday ordered the expulsion of East Timor’s top diplomat in the country over a meeting his government held with the parallel National Unity Government.
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Descendants of Portuguese Roman Catholics have lived peacefully in central Myanmar for centuries, but since the coup they’ve faced the cruelty of a military steeped in Buddhist nationalism.
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Internal Mon divisions and tensions with other ethnic groups have hindered resistance efforts in Mon State. But as these efforts start to take shape, locals say they could either bring people together or pull them further apart.
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Bus and truck drivers are taking ever-greater risks to do their jobs, facing arrest and extortion at checkpoints manned by various armed groups as well as the sudden eruption of fighting.
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A controversial organisation that runs monastic schools and orphanages across Myanmar is back in the spotlight after allegedly trying to cover up the rape of a five-year-old girl at one of its centres.
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The junta’s unveiling of a new bank note has spooked already jittery markets, with real estate prices in particular jumping to record highs in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw.
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Traditional weavers in the central Dry Zone and Chin State are struggling to make a living amid conflict and displacement, while shortages of labour, electricity and demand are hampering the wider industry.
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Floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have killed five people and forced the evacuation of around 40,000 others in Myanmar, officials said Friday.
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