An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.
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An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.
BY Frontier
There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.
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ဘင်္ဂလားဒေရှ့်နဲ့ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် နယ်စပ်ဒေသမှာ စိတ်ကြွဆေးပြား ကုန်သွယ်မှုတွေ မြင့်တက်လာနေသလို ငွေရလွယ်တဲ့ ဒီလိုတရားမဝင်လုပ်ငန်းမှာ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ဒုက္ခသည်တွေ၊ မူးယစ်ဆေးဂိုဏ်းတွေနဲ့ မြန်မာလက်နက်ကိုင်တွေလည်း ပါဝင်ပတ်သက် ဆက်နွယ်နေပါတယ်။
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The Yangon Region government hopes a new tap system will help solve water shortages in the underdeveloped township of Dala, but residents would prefer authorities focus on improving more than 100 ponds where supplies are quickly diminishing.
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The Yangon Region government hopes a tap system will help solve water shortages in the underdeveloped township of Dala, as pond supplies are diminishing.
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