Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.
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.
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An inadequate response from the authorities to the violence last October contributed to a situation that enabled the ARSA to recruit more supporters for the attacks last month.
A small town on the outskirts of Mandalay is renowned for the quality of its marble statues, many of which are exported to China.
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At best, the government's narrative of the shocking violence in Rakhine has been put in serious jeopardy. At worst...
Frontier joined the government’s latest media trip to Maungdaw, and developments there placed further scrutiny on the government’s official version of events.
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