With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.
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A Myanmar-Chinese community has long thrived in Taiwan but shifts in the island’s national identity has made emigrating more difficult, even as people are more desperate than ever to leave Myanmar.
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A cluster of villages near Yangon has emerged as an elephant poaching hotspot, with some accusing local police of underreporting the problem.
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A government-arranged trip to northern Rakhine State brought welcome opportunities to assess the situation on the ground but the picture remains blurred by translation and logistical difficulties, as well as residents’ fear of the authorities.
BY Oliver Slow
Hanged at Insein Prison in 1976, the only student activist to have been executed under junta rule, Salai Tin Maung Oo's last words on the gallows were: “I will never kneel down to your military boots!”
BY Htun Khaing
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A passionate convert to the cause of environmental sustainability has driven through Myanmar in an electric car on a journey that will take him across three continents.
BY Sing Lee
Nang Khin Htwe Myint says a planned coal-fired power plant must go ahead to attract the foreign investment needed to support development and create jobs.
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