The suicide rate began rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since the coup as financial hardship, political repression and the collapse of the healthcare system take a toll on mental health.
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The suicide rate began rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since the coup as financial hardship, political repression and the collapse of the healthcare system take a toll on mental health.
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Residents of conflict-wracked Sagaing and Magway regions who have left for the relative safety of big cities face challenges that include discrimination, harassment and barriers to their children’s education.
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A leaked junta memo shows three Chinese firms appealing to Nay Pyi Taw to arrange liquified natural gas imports from Russia amid economic turmoil in Myanmar.
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Shortly after taking office, the government said a new policy aimed at increasing youth involvement in the transition would be implemented. The lack of attendance by officials at a recent youth event has made some civil society actors sceptical.
BY Hein Ko Soe
An unintended consequence of the long-overdue reform of the Yangon bus system earlier this year has been a shortage of small notes needed by commuters to pay fares.
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Bangladesh's prime minister on Thursday proposed creating UN-supervised safe zones inside Myanmar.
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Port operators are speaking out against a planned bridge linking downtown Yangon with impoverished Dala, but lawmakers say they should have spoken up when it was proposed years ago.
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