Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
With an entire academic year already lost to the pandemic, the junta says schools will reopen on June 1, but teachers, students and their parents are refusing to attend or enroll in schools administered by generals and policed by soldiers.
BY Frontier
Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.
BY Frontier
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The divisions in the Arakan National Party that prompted Dr Aye Maung to resign as chairman run far deeper than the 2014 merger that created the party.
A senior Htoo Group official says damage to wiring at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel was the reason why some fire alarms failed to activate during a blaze on October 19 in which two people died.
Pathein is as famous for its halawa as its hand-made umbrellas, but inferior products have prompted manufacturers to agree on production standards aimed at protecting the quality and image of the sweet dessert.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
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ကမ္ဘာပေါ်က အရည်အသွေးမြင့် ကျောက်ဈေးကွက်မှာ မြန်မာ့ကျောက်စိမ်း ပါ ဝင်မှုအချိုးအစားဟာ ၇၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းကျော် ရှိနေပေမယ့် ဒီလုပ်ငန်းက ရရှိတဲ့ အကျိုးအမြတ်တွေ ပြည်သူ့ဘဏ္ဍာထဲစီးဝင်မှု ပမာဏဟာ မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေပါသေးတယ်
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Village savings and loan associations in four Rakhine State townships are helping to raise living standards, empower women and keep usurious money lenders at bay.
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Village savings and loan associations in four Rakhine State townships are helping to raise living standards, empower women and keep usurious money lenders at bay.
BY Htun Khaing
Women’s groups in Kachin State say understaffed police with inadequate resources are hampering investigations into human trafficking and contributing to a crime wave in Myitkyina, in which women are often the targets.
BY Su Myat Mon
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