Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.
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A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.
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BY Oliver Slow
The State Counsellor’s office has accepted the commission's recommendations, which also call for the perpetrators of human rights violations to be “held to account”.
BY Su Myat Mon
In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.
BY Frontier
The Ethnic Affairs Minister has criticised his lawmaker daughter for successfully proposing a Mon State bridge be named after Bogyoke Aung San.
In a change from the past, the Union Election Commission appointed following the government transition nearly a year ago is winning praise from some political parties as they prepare for by-elections on April 1.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.
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