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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The future of the Myitsone Dam grabs headlines but attention also needs to be paid to a series of massive dams planned for the Thanlwin River.
The outgoing World Bank country manager reflects on his time in Myanmar and offers advice for his successors.
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Abandoned since work on drafting the 2008 charter ended, the Nyaunghnapin Camp is set to be developed into an industrial zone backed by South Korea.
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A lynching in Sittwe and a defiant response to government moves against the hardline Buddhist group known as Ma Ba Tha raise concern about the possibility of fresh outbreaks of violence.
တစ်လကျော် ထိန်းသိမ်းခံနေရတဲ့ သတင်းထောက်သုံးဦးကို မူလချိန်းဆိုတဲ့ရုံးချိန်းရက်ထက် အကြိမ်ကြိမ် စောပြီး ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တာကြောင့် ဒီတစ်ခေါက် ဇူလိုင် ၂၈ ရက်နေ့ ရုံးချိန်းရက်မတိုင်ခင်ကတည်းက သတင်းထောက်တွေက သီပေါမြို့မှာ ရက်အတော်ကြာ ကြိုတင်ရောက်ရှိ စုဝေးနေခဲ့ကြပါတယ်။
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