The suicide rate began rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since the coup as financial hardship, political repression and the collapse of the healthcare system take a toll on mental health.
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The suicide rate began rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to increase since the coup as financial hardship, political repression and the collapse of the healthcare system take a toll on mental health.
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Residents of conflict-wracked Sagaing and Magway regions who have left for the relative safety of big cities face challenges that include discrimination, harassment and barriers to their children’s education.
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A leaked junta memo shows three Chinese firms appealing to Nay Pyi Taw to arrange liquified natural gas imports from Russia amid economic turmoil in Myanmar.
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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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A bus company in Yangon has achieved success, and rare popular acclaim, because its owner has put passengers first with innovations that include an honesty fare system.
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