An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.
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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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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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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.
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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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Machine-made jewellery is threatening the work of goldsmithing, one of the traditional arts and crafts known as the ‘10 flowers’.
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