Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.
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.
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A recent report says there are deficiencies in a $480 million World Bank-funded project to upgrade and empower rural communities that has brought positive change to millions of lives.
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
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It is unlikely that Myanmar will see a more favourable climate for peacemaking for some years to come.
အိမ်အကူကလေးငယ်နှစ်ဦးကို ညှင်းပမ်းနှိပ်စက်မှုဖြင့် လူကုန်ကူးမှုဖြင့် အမှုဖွင့် တိုင်ကြားခံရသည့် အင်းဝ အပ်ချုပ်ဆိုင်အမှုတွင် လူကုန်ကူးမှုကို ဖုံးကွယ်ပေးခဲ့ခြင်းမရှိဟု မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များက ငြင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။
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