The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.
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The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံထားသော ငွေများအတွက် အကျိုးအမြတ် အများအပြားရမည်ဟူကာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကျေးလက်ဒေသတွင် ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည့် လိမ်လည်မှုအစီအစဉ်(Ponzi Scheme)တစ်ခုတွင် လူထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာမှာ ၎င်းတို့ပိုင် ငွေသန်းပေါင်းများစွာ ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့ရသည်။
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Hostility greeted three journalists who made a clandestine trip to Maungdaw late last month after the security operation had began against those behind the August 25 attacks.
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The UN human rights chief statement comes as the latest estimates put at 313,000 the number of people who have fled to Bangladesh in the last two weeks.
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Land confiscations by the military government is one of the most crucial issues in Myanmar’s transition, and it remains to be seen if those who lost their land will ever have it given back to them.
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