A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.
Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.
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There is little doubt that many more policies and laws are being drafted behind closed doors, or with minimal, ill-considered or token consultation.
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Despite soaring tuition fees, enrolments are growing strongly at Yangon’s international schools as Myanmar parents seek a pathway to a prestigious foreign university for their children.
There is confusion about the reasons behind this month's attack by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, but one thing is certain – it is yet another blow to the government's peace process.
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ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းတံတားအမည်ပေးမှုကို ကန့်ကွက်ရာမှာ ဦးဆောင်ပါဝင်ခဲ့တဲ့ မွန်ဒေသလုံးဆိုင်ရာ ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်ပါတီဝင် မွန်ပြည်နယ် လွှတ်တော် ဒုတိယဥက္ကဋ္ဌကို တာဝန်ကနေ ရုပ်သိမ်းဖို့ စီစဉ်နေတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ သတင်းတွေ ထွက်ပေါ်နေပါတယ်။
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Despite soaring fees, enrolments are growing at Yangon’s international schools as parents seek a pathway to a prestigious foreign university for their children.
Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and alcoholism cause the most death and suffering in Myanmar, but with causes as numerous as they are complex, it requires more than doctors to treat them.
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