For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
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BY Su Myat Mon
The arguments being advanced against the UN fact-finding mission to Myanmar lack weight and credibility.
BY Khin Zaw Win
ရန်ကုန်မြစ်ကြောင်းအသုံးပြုကာ ခရီးသည်ပို့ဆောင်ပေးမည့် Water Taxi ပြေးဆွဲမှုကို လာမည့် ဇွန်လတွင် စတင်သွားနိုင်ရန် စီစဉ်ထားသည်ဟု Water Taxi ပြေးဆွဲရန် တင်ဒါအောင်မြင်ထားသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီမှ တာဝန်ရှိသူက ပြောကြားသည်။
BY Su Myat Mon
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BY Oliver Slow
The five companies recently awarded free-to-air television licences will double the number of broadcasters fighting for advertising revenue in what is already a highly competitive market.
A Frontier reporter takes a long-awaited holiday for Thingyan but his hopes of a few relaxing days at the beach are dashed by the arrival of the first cyclone of the season.
Alleged links to ‘terrorist organisations’ prompted the Ministry of Education to file a case against the international school for not having a licence, even though it is not eligible for a school licence under Myanmar law.
BY Hein Ko Soe
Outdated infrastructure and increased urbanisation are placing a huge burden on water supplies for the commercial capital.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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