Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.
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Producer-emcee Kan Kyi draws on his roots to unite a diverse crew of emcees to say in Chiang Mai what often can’t be said in Myanmar.
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Abandoned since work on drafting the 2008 charter ended, the Nyaunghnapin Camp is set to be developed into an industrial zone backed by South Korea.
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A lynching in Sittwe and a defiant response to government moves against the hardline Buddhist group known as Ma Ba Tha raise concern about the possibility of fresh outbreaks of violence.
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တစ်လကျော် ထိန်းသိမ်းခံနေရတဲ့ သတင်းထောက်သုံးဦးကို မူလချိန်းဆိုတဲ့ရုံးချိန်းရက်ထက် အကြိမ်ကြိမ် စောပြီး ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တာကြောင့် ဒီတစ်ခေါက် ဇူလိုင် ၂၈ ရက်နေ့ ရုံးချိန်းရက်မတိုင်ခင်ကတည်းက သတင်းထောက်တွေက သီပေါမြို့မှာ ရက်အတော်ကြာ ကြိုတင်ရောက်ရှိ စုဝေးနေခဲ့ကြပါတယ်။
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