Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.
BY Swe Lei Mon
Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.
BY Swe Lei Mon
The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.
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In Rakhine State mothers are busting village myths and food taboos that have perpetuated stunting for generations.
The second 21st Century Panglong conference finally began on Wednesday but the peace process faces some major hurdles.
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ပြည်ထောင်စုငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးညီလာခံ- ၂၁ ရာစုပင်လုံ ဒုတိယအစည်းအဝေးအား ယနေ့စတင်ဖွင့်လှစ်ခဲ့ရာ အစိုးရ၊ တပ်မတော်နှင့် တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့များမှ ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ရာပေါင်းများစွာ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့ကြသည်။
BY Oliver Slow
A new cycling tour that follows that travelled by one of Myanmar’s best-known kings in the 16th century aims to create more jobs in the tourism industry, and showcase the country’s greatest asset: its people.
BY Thomas Kean
The thoughtless disposal of litter by domestic travellers is creating a growing rubbish problem at destinations ranging from the ancient temples of Bagan to remote waterfalls in Shan State.
BY Htun Khaing
A bus company in Yangon has achieved success, and rare popular acclaim, because its owner has put passengers first with innovations that include an honesty fare system.
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Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip
Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.
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