Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.
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Producer-emcee Kan Kyi draws on his roots to unite a diverse crew of emcees to say in Chiang Mai what often can’t be said in Myanmar.
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Digital payment solutions are an ideal, cost-effective way to enable rural households to access reliable solar power.
အိမ်ရှင်အိမ်ငှားများထံမှ စည်ပင်သာယာက ကောက်ခံသော အခွန်များမှာ စည်းကြပ်ပုံစနစ်ပိုင်း ခိုင်မာပြီး ဖြောင့်မတ်စွာ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုရှိသော်လည်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ယင်းတို့၏ အခန်းကဏ္ဍမှာ မြင့်မားသင့်သလောက် မြင့်မားမှု မရှိသည်ကိုတွေ့ရသည်။
The verification of refugees stranded in the 'no man's land' buffer zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh will be carried out by the two countries with no other involvement.
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The dismissal of 56 students for demonstrating in support of increased education spending has sparked a threat of protests at campuses throughout the country and contributed to rising tensions with the government.
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