With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.
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As the date nears for announcing a new minimum daily wage, labour unions say higher living costs support their argument for an increase that economists say could be counterproductive.
Deep in the heart of the forests of Myanmar, a massive trade in illicit charcoal to neighbouring China is feeding a multi-million dollar industry.
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The Rakhine crisis has put the Tatmadaw under the spotlight but there’s a danger that targeted sanctions against its leaders could have extreme consequences.
The identity of the mysterious motorcycling foreigner continues to elude police six months after his appearance on the streets of Yangon.
A national civil servant housing project with high-level political support that will be built using a new public-private development company has already run into opposition from local farmers, after their paddy fields were covered in sand just months before the harvest.
BY Su Myat Mon
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