Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
BY Sam Foot
Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.
BY Sam Foot
Trade between the once-thriving border towns of Muse and Ruili is restarting after nearly three years, but remains restricted to a trickle of trucks, with Myanmar wary of the COVID-19 surge in China.
BY Frontier
The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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တင်းကျပ်လှသည့် အစဉ်အလာဖြင့် ချည်နှောင်ထားသော မန္တလေး ယဉ်ကျေးမှုနယ်ပယ်မှ တစ်ခုတည်းသော ပုဂ္ဂလိက အနုပညာကျောင်းတွင် ပန်းချီပန်းပုပညာရှင် ဆူးမြင့်သိန်းသည် တီထွင်ဖန်တီးမှုရှိသော အနုပညာလက်ရာများကို ကျောင်းသားများ ခုံမင်နှစ်သက်လာအောင် အကူအညီပေးလျက်ရှိသည်။
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Two recent moves by the Tatmadaw directed at ethnic organisations have raised doubts about where it stands on the peace process.
Our reporter drives left-hand self-drive car for the first time – and things go better than expected.
BY Thomas Kean
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BY AFP
Lured by the prospect of high returns on investment, thousands have collectively lost millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme that flourished in rural Myanmar.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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Leaders of the Arakan National Party held talks with Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday ahead of a key debate in the Amyotha Hluttaw.
BY Frontier
Does Myanmar want an authoritarian state with a few democratic accoutrements? Or does it want a society in which the powerful can genuinely be held to account?
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