Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.
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A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.
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Plans are underway to hold the next Union Peace Conference at the end of this month, but the government and non-signatories of a 2015 peace agreement cannot agree how to tackle the thorny issue of how to bring peace to Myanmar.
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Once an Asian powerhouse, Myanmar's football fortunes suffered a precipitous decline under the former military junta.
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A community established on Yangon’s outskirts by an award-winning former actress and supported by generous donors is home to a group of elderly women who found fame on the stage and screen.
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The horrific beating and burning of two teenaged sisters in Mawlamyine has once again shone a light on the abuse of young domestic workers in Myanmar.
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