Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.
Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.
A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.
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Lawyers say translation problems for ethnic minorities who do not speak the dominant language has resulted in miscarriages of justice.
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ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ ဘတ်စ်ကားစနစ် ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲသည့် ဒုတိယနေ့ဖြစ်သည့် ယနေ့ညနေပိုင်း ရုံးဆင်းချိန်တွင် လူစီးများသော ကားမှတ်တိုင်များ၌ ရဲကားများ ဝင်ရောက်ကူညီပြေးဆွဲပေးမည်
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A recent report says poverty in Yangon is higher than previously thought and many people on the city’s fringes are being forced to turn to loan sharks to cover basic and emergency expenses.
An investigation into allegations of poor performance from the Mon State Chief Minister U Min Min Oo has highlighted deep divisions within the party, amid concerns the state government there is too close to the business community.
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