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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One of the greatest challenges of the peace process will be to decide what kind of Tatmadaw will be most compatible with the people’s aspirations for a future democratic federal Union.
တပ်မတော်နှင့် ပတ်သက်သည့် သရော်စာ ရေးသားဖြန့်ဝေသည်ဟုဆိုကာ အမှုဖွင့်ခံထားရသည့် The Voice အယ်ဒီတာချုပ် ဦးကျော်မင်းဆွေ၏ ဒုတိယအကြိမ်မြောက် အာမခံလျှောက်ထားမှုကို ဗဟန်းမြို့နယ် တရားရုံးက ယနေ့ ပယ်ချလိုက်ကာ ဆောင်းပါးရေးသူ ဗြိတိသျှကိုကိုမောင်ကိုမူ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အမှု ရုပ်သိမ်းကာ ပြန်လွှတ်ပေးလိုက်သည်။
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The ambitious project being pushed by Beijing could have a significant impact in Myanmar, not least for the country’s long drawn-out peace process.
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The Myanmar Police Force needs to be much more considerate in how it handles personal information.
The heavy storm that hit the Bay of Bengal late last month affected large parts of Rakhine State, with camps for internally displaced persons among the hardest hit.
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