Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.
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Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.
BY Frontier
If the National Unity Government wants to be taken seriously on the international stage, it needs to put forward a coherent, united, powerful vision for Myanmar’s future.
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The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.
BY Esther Wah
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ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ ဘတ်စ်ကားစနစ် ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲသည့် ဒုတိယနေ့ဖြစ်သည့် ယနေ့ညနေပိုင်း ရုံးဆင်းချိန်တွင် လူစီးများသော ကားမှတ်တိုင်များ၌ ရဲကားများ ဝင်ရောက်ကူညီပြေးဆွဲပေးမည်
Loved for generations for corralling the catch into fishermen's nets, Irrawaddy dolphins are being killed in record numbers in recent years.
BY AFP
Road accidents and fatalities are rising but many Yangon motorists don’t see the need to wear seatbelts – apparently unaware that the devices can protect them from awful injuries, or worse.
BY Su Myat Mon
Lawyers say translation problems for ethnic minorities who do not speak the dominant language has resulted in miscarriages of justice.
BY Htun Khaing
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BY Su Myat Mon
A recent report says poverty in Yangon is higher than previously thought and many people on the city’s fringes are being forced to turn to loan sharks to cover basic and emergency expenses.
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