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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Ashley South, a research professor and specialist on ethnic politics in Myanmar, on the country's elusive search for peace and justice.
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Whatever the monumental adversities still facing this country, it’s important to keep in mind how far things have come.
In Wai Hai and other villages in a cluster of seats in central Shan State where voting was cancelled in 2015, voters were delighted to cast a ballot in the April 1 by-election.
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Performance art emerged in Yangon in the 1990s and flourished under junta rule in the late 2000s but has since gone into decline.
The recent vote to remove the de facto opposition from the KNU’s leading bodies adds to continued uncertainty for the largest group to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
BY Kim Jolliffe
Northern Chin State has barely appeared on the radar for most visitors to Myanmar, but a campaign aimed at highlighting its stunning landscape could change that.
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