The participation of tens of thousands of government medical personnel in the Civil Disobedience Movement has created gaps in healthcare that striking doctors and colleagues working at private hospitals are struggling to fill.
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The participation of tens of thousands of government medical personnel in the Civil Disobedience Movement has created gaps in healthcare that striking doctors and colleagues working at private hospitals are struggling to fill.
BY Frontier
The military regime’s snap closure of the border with Thailand reflects its poor handling of the COVID-19 response, migrant rights groups say, but the Thai government and employers are also making life difficult for workers.
BY Frontier
Despite the dangers, protesters in the Sagaing Region capital say they will keep hitting the streets – to send a strong message to the people, the junta and the world, and to honour fallen comrades.
BY Frontier
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In Rakhine State mothers are busting village myths and food taboos that have perpetuated stunting for generations.
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As the latest Panglong conference opens today, civil conflicts in other countries show the common patterns and pitfalls on the path to a successful and sustainable peace process.
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ပြည်ထောင်စုငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးညီလာခံ- ၂၁ ရာစုပင်လုံ ဒုတိယအစည်းအဝေးအား ယနေ့စတင်ဖွင့်လှစ်ခဲ့ရာ အစိုးရ၊ တပ်မတော်နှင့် တိုင်းရင်းသားလက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့များမှ ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ရာပေါင်းများစွာ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့ကြသည်။
BY Oliver Slow
A new cycling tour that follows that travelled by one of Myanmar’s best-known kings in the 16th century aims to create more jobs in the tourism industry, and showcase the country’s greatest asset: its people.
BY Thomas Kean
The second 21st Century Panglong conference finally began on Wednesday but the peace process faces some major hurdles.
The thoughtless disposal of litter by domestic travellers is creating a growing rubbish problem at destinations ranging from the ancient temples of Bagan to remote waterfalls in Shan State.
BY Htun Khaing
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