For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
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သင်္ဃန်းကျွန်းမြို့နယ်တွင် ရိုက်နှက်မှု ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့ကြပြီး Facebook လူမှုကွန်ရက်ပေါ်တွင် မှတ်တမ်းဓာတ်ပုံများနှင့်တကွ ရေးသားဖော်ပြခဲ့ရသည့် ဘီအမ်ခရီးသည်တင်ယာဉ်မောင်းနှင့် ယာဉ်နောက်လိုက်များအား ဖမ်းဆီးလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်သည်ဟု ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အောက်တိုဘာ ၂၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့သည်။
BY Su Myat Mon
The Kachin Independence Organisation says 49 young people who travelled to Laiza did not participate in military training, contrary to government claims.
BY Paul Vrieze
The UWSA says it continues to enjoy good relations with the NDAA despite recent clashes and differences in approach to the government's peace process.
BY Thi Kha
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Further changes are needed to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism’s latest draft to ensure the new law meets the sector’s needs and guides sustainable development.
Few foreign visitors make it down to Tanintharyi Region, but those who do will find stunning beaches, untouched islands and long-forgotten colonial outposts.
It is essential that the actions of a few do not result in all members of the state’s Muslim community being viewed as the enemy.
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