With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.
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A Myanmar-Chinese community has long thrived in Taiwan but shifts in the island’s national identity has made emigrating more difficult, even as people are more desperate than ever to leave Myanmar.
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The Anti-Corruption Commission appointed in 2014 had little discernable impact, but a new team under former information minister U Aung Kyi is pushing for changes to give it more bite.
An organisation representing former political prisoners says they are not receiving the health care support they deserve from the government and is lobbying MPs to change the situation.
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Locals in Ayeyarwady Region have welcomed compensation offers for property damaged during a big military training exercise, but are worried that not all the projectiles that missed targets have been found and defused.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
Two Public Hearing Forums in Sittwe organised by Tat Lan marked the first opportunity for Rakhine State government leaders, civil society groups and villagers to discuss openly issues of community concern.
မကြာသေးမီက ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည့် တပ်မတော်၏ စစ်ရေးလေ့ကျင့်မှုကြီးအပြီးတွင် ပျက်စီးခဲ့သည့် အဆောက်အအုံများအတွက် လျော်ကြေးပေးရန် ကမ်းလှမ်းမှုများကို ကြိုဆိုသော်လည်း ပစ်မှတ်လွဲသွားသည့် ကျည်ဖူးများအားလုံး ပြန်လည် မတွေ့တော့ရှိမည်နှင့် မပေါက်ကွဲအောင် မပြုလုပ်နိုင်မည်ကို ဒေသခံများက စိုးရိမ်လျက်ရှိသည်။
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Too often, the government is unwilling to engage with those who hold different views and are not afraid to express them.
Your predecessor was rather infamous during her tenure here for being media-averse. I’d like to ask first of all why you’ve agreed to have this interview?
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