The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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As the military regime targets places of worship to break popular support for the resistance, Catholic communities caught up in the conflict are being denied the consolations of their religion.
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Malaysia is encouraging undocumented migrants to hand themselves in on the promise to repatriate rather than detain them, but many Myanmar migrants fear being arrested on their return or forced to serve in the military.
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BY Ye Mon
Use of modern contraception has increased significantly in Myanmar over the past decade but condoms use remains low because of perceived links to sex work and pre-marital intercourse.
As part of the NLD government’s plans to bring Universal Health Coverage to Myanmar by 2030, the Sun Quality Health Network has opened its doors to the poorest of the poor, offering subsidised health care to communities used to going without proper treatment.
Sluggish sales in the high end of the property market have prompted Yoma Strategic Holdings and First Myanmar Investment to move into “mass market” projects under the new brand Yoma Land.
BY Thomas Kean
But critics say putting pressure on children to excel is hampering their all-round development.
Reporting on recent conflict in Kayin State that portrayed the Tatmadaw as violating the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement has failed to recognise alternative perspectives and efforts to halt the fighting.
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ပြီးခဲ့သည့် ဒီဇင်ဘာလကတည်းက ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရသည့် ရိုက်တာသတင်းထောက်နှစ်ဦးဖြစ်သူ ကိုဝလုံးနှင့် ကိုကျော်စိုးဦးတို့အား စွဲချက်တင်ရန် တရားရုံးက လက်ခံလိုက်သည်။
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