Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Intense conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has led to an increase in the number of severely injured civilians, even as aid organisations stop work in the region and services for the disabled decline.
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Resistance groups in western Mandalay Region have shown signs of greater coordination and effectiveness, but there’s still a long way to go to replicate the successes of their comrades in the north.
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Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army initiated by President Xi Jinping has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.
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တောင့်တင်းလုံလောက်သည့် လုံခြုံရေးရှိမှသာ မိမိတို့ နေရပ်တွင် အစဉ်အမြဲပြန်လည်နေထိုင်ရန် ဖြစ်နိုင်မည်ဟု လွန်ခဲ့သည့် ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွင်း မေယုတောင်တန်းအနီးတဝိုက် ရခိုင်ရွာများမှ ရသေ့တောင်မြို့နယ်၊ စေတီပြင်ရွာသို့ ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်လာခဲ့ကြသူ ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများက ပြောကြားကြသည်။
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Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army in China has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.
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A master craftsman in the art of making Burmese harps fears for the future of one of the country’s best-known traditional instruments.
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In returning Myanmar relics to their native land almost two centuries after their capture, a New Zealand lawyer concludes a generations-old story of conquest, spoil and reconciliation.
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