A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.
Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.
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Some ethnic groups have criticised State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi over the perception that she favours the Tatmadaw but the record shows that she and the NLD have been impartial in the pursuit of peace.
The UK's Foreign Secretary met with the State Counsellor as part of his three-day visit with the pair discussing economic reforms, trade and human rights, including the situation in Rakhine State.
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Gaw Yin Gyi Island is less than seven hours from Yangon, but has only been discovered by travellers over the past two years as locals wage a campaign against a planned coal power plant and deep sea port.
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Under the shadow of Myanmar's famed Golden Rock Pagoda punters haggle for the latest traditional medicine cure — slices of skin from the country's fast disappearing wild elephants.
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BY Su Myat Mon
An investigation into the seizure of valuable farming land in Sittwe is likely to make uncomfortable reading for some politicians and public servants when it is tabled in the Rakhine assembly later this month.
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