Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
With an entire academic year already lost to the pandemic, the junta says schools will reopen on June 1, but teachers, students and their parents are refusing to attend or enroll in schools administered by generals and policed by soldiers.
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Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.
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The vast sums donated to pagodas are managed by boards of trustees but investigations at two of the nation’s most revered pilgrimage destinations have uncovered discrepancies involving millions of kyat.
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ရှပ်နီထောက်ခံသူ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ဟောင်းသက်ဆင်သည် ဓမ္မကာရဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်းကို အသုံးချပြီး ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးများကို လမ်းပေါ်ထွက်စေ၍ လက်ရှိ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ပရာယွတ်ဒ အာဏာသိမ်းမှုကို ကာကွယ်ရန် ကြိုးစားခဲ့ဖူးသည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည်။
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There seems to be little doubt that a reshuffle of government ministers is on the horizon, as the NLD seeks to respond to criticism that it is underperforming.
A brief history of the wars that led to the fall of the Burmese monarchy and the imposition of British colonial rule.
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