Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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Despite the relative lack of armed conflict in Rakhine State in recent months, tens of thousands of internally displaced people still languish in camps where food shortages are becoming more common.
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The United Wa State Army’s emergence as a crucial player in the peace process and its refusal to sign the nationwide ceasefire has left the government in a difficult position, given the high costs of pursuing parallel peace processes.
BY Amara Thiha
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.
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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။
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