A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.
Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.
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ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ ကန်တော်ကြီးကန်စောင်းက ကန်တော်ကြီးပဲလေ့စ်ဟိုတယ် မီးလောင်မှုမှာ နှစ်ဦးသေဆုံးခဲ့ပါတယ်
BY Su Myat Mon
Failure will undermine confidence in the government’s ability to deliver on major projects.
Yangon’s regional government hopes that a new water bus service on the city’s rivers will go some way to alleviating the city’s traffic woes.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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The government must also guarantee security and safety for all those living in Rakhine State.
UNODC has been working with Myanmar on anti-corruption activities since 2012 but has significantly scaled up its work this year with additional funding from Sweden. A major focus is ensuring Myanmar’s compliance with the UN Convention Against Corruption. Country manager Mr Troels Vester tells Frontier’s Thomas Kean about the need for the government to turn words into actions and the under-resourcing of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
BY Thomas Kean
Rock walls near Mandalay and Hpa-an are favourite destinations of a growing group of technical climbing enthusiasts pushing their minds and bodies to the limit.
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