Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.
Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.
The Karen Border Guard Force is providing the military with frontline soldiers in exchange for business protection, allowing its “new city” project to emerge as a hub for online scams.
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The coup is worsening the long-standing tendency to judge cultural output – and film in particular – based on moral convictions.
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A little-noted change in the Tatmadaw’s public statements has big implications for the peace process, military relations and the country’s defence capabilities.
BY Amara Thiha
The jailing of the "whistleblower" further blights the record of a government that has shown no real stomach for fighting corruption.
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A little-noted change in the Tatmadaw’s public statements has big implications for the peace process, military relations and the country’s defence capabilities.
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Residents of Dala are looking forward to the opening of a bridge linking it to downtown Yangon and the transformation it will bring to their lives.
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