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New junta rules curb aid to Mandalay quake victims

Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.

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New junta rules curb aid to Mandalay quake victims

Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.

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Myanmar’s resistance faces a moral quandary after the quake

The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.

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Down and out: Junta offers scant help to homeless civil servants

Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters.

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

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Parliament schedules presidential vote for March 28

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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An American Yankee in Myanmar’s court

An ode to the magisterial wonder of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

BY Jared Downing

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A molecular weapon against Tuberculosis

A Myanmar scientist and his team are working to arm the healthcare system with a cutting-edge tech that can target TB outbreaks before they even start.

BY Jared Downing

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Parliament elects U Win Myint as Vice President, ahead of presidential vote next week

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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U Htin Kyaw resignation 'planned in advance', wife says

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Inspirational women from civil society and government win US embassy award

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BY Su Myat Mon

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Tourism sector still desperate for talent

Tourism has seen substantial growth in Myanmar, but industry insiders argue that a lack of an industry training standard is proving a hindrance to service quality.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

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နိုင်ငံတော်အင်္ဂါစဉ်မှာ နံပါတ် (၅)နေရာရှိပြီး အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေနဲ့ကြုံလာရရင် တိုင်းပြည်စီမံ ခန့်ခွဲမှုကို အဓိကတာဝန်ယူရမယ့် အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီရဲ့ အဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးအဖြစ်လည်း တာဝန်ရှိတဲ့ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ရာထူးကို အာဏာရပါတီဝင်မဟုတ်သူတစ်ဦးထံ အပ်နှင်းလိုက်တဲ့ ကိစ္စအပေါ် ပူပန်သူတွေ ရှိနေပါတယ်။

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U Htin Kyaw resignation ‘planned in advance’, wife says

Daw Su Su Lwin, the wife of outgoing president U Htin Kyaw has denied reports that her husband retired this week due to poor health.

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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