In the remote mountains of Kachin State, rare earth elements used in everything from wind turbine generators to television screens are being mined illegally with seemingly toxic chemicals.
In the remote mountains of Kachin State, rare earth elements used in everything from wind turbine generators to television screens are being mined illegally with seemingly toxic chemicals.
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare earth trade, and has turned the territory under his de facto control into a mining hub at a high environmental cost.
New restrictions on the sale and distribution of oxygen to the public have made it harder to treat COVID-19 patients at home and social welfare groups have warned the rules could result in more preventable deaths.
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With the next Union Peace Conference to begin in the coming weeks, an image of a grief-stricken grandmother provokes a reflection on the innocent civilian victims of decades of conflict among armed organisations in Myanmar.
BY Htun Khaing
Former student leaders have discussed forming a party to serve as an effective opposition against the NLD, but the nation has more important concerns.
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ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်ရဲ့ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနဲ့ တိုင်းပြည်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး လုပ်ငန်းစဉ်များအပေါ် မျှော်လင့်ချက်ကြီးစွာ ထားရှိတယ်လို့ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းနဲ့အတူ ပင်လုံစာချုပ်ကို လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးခဲ့ကြတဲ့ တိုင်းရင်းသားခေါင်းဆောင်များရဲ့ မိသားစု ဝင်အချို့က ပြောကြားကြပါတယ်။
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Now that Myanmar is well and truly connected, 2017 is set to be all about the content.
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The Ministry of Social Welfare plans to introduce a by-law that will require businesses to allocate two percent of their jobs to people with disabilities or face heavy fines – but some question whether the target is realistic, or even advisable.
BY Su Myat Mon
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