With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.
BY Lawi Weng
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The process towards granting citizenship has been met with sharp resistance by communities in the restive state, and authorities are planning procedural amendments to encourage more people to apply.
Outbreaks of communal violence have captured significant attention in recent years but less well known are the actions of monks and laypeople who protected those targeted by angry mobs – and saved countless lives in the process.
BY Htun Khaing
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အမျိုးသားရေးလှုပ်ရှားသူတွေလို့ သူတို့ကိုယ်သူတို့ ခံယူထားသူတွေကို ရန်ကုန်မြို့မှာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်ခဲ့တဲ့ သီးခြားဖြစ်စဉ်နှစ်ခုနဲ့ ဆက်စပ်ပြီးတော့ အစိုးရက ဖမ်းဆီးထိန်းသိမ်းလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်ပါတယ်။
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A government-arranged trip to Maungdaw District enabled journalists to learn of the concerns and needs of some of its 800,000 residents, most of them Muslims.
The government is as secretive and non-transparent as its predecessors.
Although ten-pin bowling is yet to catch on in the mainstream in Myanmar, a small, scrappy community of local and expat bowlers are helping to keep the sport alive.
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