Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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A small but committed group of comic artists are aiming to boost the readership of Myanmar graphic novels across Southeast Asia.
BY Sing Lee
There are nearly half a million squatters living in and around Yangon, most of whom are unaffected by power blackouts because they have never been connected to the grid.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
There’s intense competition among top-selling Chinese handset makers for a bigger slice of the Myanmar market, but don’t even think about asking them for sales figures.
BY Htun Khaing
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As the crisis in Rakhine grabs headlines, little attention is being paid to blocked aid deliveries, displacement and indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Kachin and northern Shan states.
Police are yet to determine the son of a former government minister's motivation for collecting such a heavy arsenal of weapons.
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