Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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Newly empowered women in Kyaukphyu are breaking through barriers of discrimination that have treated them as ‘second-class’ citizens for generations.
ရှပ်နီထောက်ခံသူ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်ဟောင်းသက်ဆင်သည် ဓမ္မကာရဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်းကို အသုံးချပြီး ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးများကို လမ်းပေါ်ထွက်စေ၍ လက်ရှိ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ပရာယွတ်ဒ အာဏာသိမ်းမှုကို ကာကွယ်ရန် ကြိုးစားခဲ့ဖူးသည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည်။
The vast sums donated to pagodas are managed by boards of trustees but investigations at two of the nation’s most revered pilgrimage destinations have uncovered discrepancies involving millions of kyat.
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There seems to be little doubt that a reshuffle of government ministers is on the horizon, as the NLD seeks to respond to criticism that it is underperforming.
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