The coup has exposed fractures in the Karen National Union, with high-ranking members publicly disagreeing on how involved the group should be in anti-military resistance. An upcoming congress could determine the direction of one of Myanmar’s most influential ethnic armed groups.
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The coup has exposed fractures in the Karen National Union, with high-ranking members publicly disagreeing on how involved the group should be in anti-military resistance. An upcoming congress could determine the direction of one of Myanmar’s most influential ethnic armed groups.
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Watermelon growers and traders were profiting handsomely from exports to China until border trade was decimated by Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to fighting COVID-19.
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When the Myanmar military reopened the nation’s schools in November, millions of students found themselves forced to choose between maintaining the boycott of state services and losing even more of their education.
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The arguments being advanced against the UN fact-finding mission to Myanmar lack weight and credibility.
BY Khin Zaw Win
ရန်ကုန်မြစ်ကြောင်းအသုံးပြုကာ ခရီးသည်ပို့ဆောင်ပေးမည့် Water Taxi ပြေးဆွဲမှုကို လာမည့် ဇွန်လတွင် စတင်သွားနိုင်ရန် စီစဉ်ထားသည်ဟု Water Taxi ပြေးဆွဲရန် တင်ဒါအောင်မြင်ထားသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီမှ တာဝန်ရှိသူက ပြောကြားသည်။
BY Su Myat Mon
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BY Oliver Slow
The five companies recently awarded free-to-air television licences will double the number of broadcasters fighting for advertising revenue in what is already a highly competitive market.
A Frontier reporter takes a long-awaited holiday for Thingyan but his hopes of a few relaxing days at the beach are dashed by the arrival of the first cyclone of the season.
Alleged links to ‘terrorist organisations’ prompted the Ministry of Education to file a case against the international school for not having a licence, even though it is not eligible for a school licence under Myanmar law.
BY Hein Ko Soe
Outdated infrastructure and increased urbanisation are placing a huge burden on water supplies for the commercial capital.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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