Myanmar is steeped in trauma from past and present conflict and dictatorial rule – but with the breakdown of already meagre public health infrastructure since the 2021 coup, communities themselves are acquiring the tools to tackle the mental toll.
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Myanmar is steeped in trauma from past and present conflict and dictatorial rule – but with the breakdown of already meagre public health infrastructure since the 2021 coup, communities themselves are acquiring the tools to tackle the mental toll.
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The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.
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Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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ရဲစခန်းလည်းရှိတဲ့ ရဲဘော်ကျရွာမှာဖြစ်ခဲ့တဲ့အကြမ်းဖက်မှုကြီးကို ဘာကြောင့် မတားဆီးနိုင်ခဲ့ရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ရှာဖွေမှုတွေ ဘာကြောင့်နောက်ကျခဲ့ရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး တိကျတဲ့ အဖြေမရသေးပါဘူး။
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Casinos at Myawaddy operated by the Kayin State Border Guard Force to raise funds for development projects have sparked debate about whether such gambling venues should be legalised in Myanmar.
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