For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
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As demand soars among well-off urban residents for butter-rich cakes, pastries and croissants, efforts continue to boost the domestic production of milk, a crucial source of nutrition in a country where one third of the children are malnourished.
BY Thomas Manch
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No access to lawyer. No contact with family. No time to prepare a defence. Taken together, it means no fair trial.
A little-known 11th century archaeological site near Bagan has been proudly tended for years by monks and local residents but they worry about the consequences if it attracts too many visitors.
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The peace process is in trouble and a new way forward is needed to end the stalemates and posturing that have hampered negotiations.
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