The revolutionary songs of Naing Myanmar, who died in February, have supplied a soundtrack for pro-democracy protests since the 1988 uprising, and activists say his music will remain an inspiration until Myanmar achieves freedom from military rule.
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The revolutionary songs of Naing Myanmar, who died in February, have supplied a soundtrack for pro-democracy protests since the 1988 uprising, and activists say his music will remain an inspiration until Myanmar achieves freedom from military rule.
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The auctioning of the imprisoned leader’s Yangon house at the behest of her estranged brother is a legal farce, lawyers say, while pro-democracy veterans insist it must be preserved for public memory.
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While thousands of civilians flee Myanmar’s war, grandmother Ama and others stay behind, forming the invisible backbone of the anti-junta struggle.
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After decades of military rule, the culture and mindset is stifling reform efforts, but tackling the problems will require huge political commitment and long-term investment.
BY Henrich Dahm
Southern Chin State has been open to foreign travellers since 2015 and offers hundreds of kilometres of roads to explore – if you don’t mind some bumps along the way.
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Scenic, mountainous Chin State has huge potential as a tourist destination, as shown by a big jump in foreign and domestic visitors in the first three months of this year.
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ဘင်္ဂလားဒေရှ့်နဲ့ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် နယ်စပ်ဒေသမှာ စိတ်ကြွဆေးပြား ကုန်သွယ်မှုတွေ မြင့်တက်လာနေသလို ငွေရလွယ်တဲ့ ဒီလိုတရားမဝင်လုပ်ငန်းမှာ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ဒုက္ခသည်တွေ၊ မူးယစ်ဆေးဂိုဏ်းတွေနဲ့ မြန်မာလက်နက်ကိုင်တွေလည်း ပါဝင်ပတ်သက် ဆက်နွယ်နေပါတယ်။
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