Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.
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Many workers brought to criminal hubs in Southeast Asia have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, but some are seeking a payday despite the risks. Frontier spoke to two workers – one in online gambling the other in online scams – about their daily lives, working conditions and what brought them to Shwe Kokko.
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An expedition planned by three Myanmar climbers is aimed at ending years of speculation over which of two peaks is the highest mountain in Southeast Asia.
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ရဲစခန်းလည်းရှိတဲ့ ရဲဘော်ကျရွာမှာဖြစ်ခဲ့တဲ့အကြမ်းဖက်မှုကြီးကို ဘာကြောင့် မတားဆီးနိုင်ခဲ့ရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ရှာဖွေမှုတွေ ဘာကြောင့်နောက်ကျခဲ့ရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး တိကျတဲ့ အဖြေမရသေးပါဘူး။
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Casinos at Myawaddy operated by the Kayin State Border Guard Force to raise funds for development projects have sparked debate about whether such gambling venues should be legalised in Myanmar.
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