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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The divisions in the Arakan National Party that prompted Dr Aye Maung to resign as chairman run far deeper than the 2014 merger that created the party.
A senior Htoo Group official says damage to wiring at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel was the reason why some fire alarms failed to activate during a blaze on October 19 in which two people died.
Pathein is as famous for its halawa as its hand-made umbrellas, but inferior products have prompted manufacturers to agree on production standards aimed at protecting the quality and image of the sweet dessert.
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Village savings and loan associations in four Rakhine State townships are helping to raise living standards, empower women and keep usurious money lenders at bay.
BY Htun Khaing
Women’s groups in Kachin State say understaffed police with inadequate resources are hampering investigations into human trafficking and contributing to a crime wave in Myitkyina, in which women are often the targets.
BY Su Myat Mon
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ကမ္ဘာပေါ်က အရည်အသွေးမြင့် ကျောက်ဈေးကွက်မှာ မြန်မာ့ကျောက်စိမ်း ပါ ဝင်မှုအချိုးအစားဟာ ၇၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းကျော် ရှိနေပေမယ့် ဒီလုပ်ငန်းက ရရှိတဲ့ အကျိုးအမြတ်တွေ ပြည်သူ့ဘဏ္ဍာထဲစီးဝင်မှု ပမာဏဟာ မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေပါသေးတယ်
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