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.
With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
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If new initiatives are simply dismissed out of hand, without allowing time to see whether they can be effective, it will be difficult to find a way forward.
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Myanmar’s minority Muslim community lives in constant unease, exacerbated by tensions in communal relations after the 2012 sectarian violence in Rakhine State.
Myanmar’s growing industrial workforce is becoming increasingly unionised and assertive while antiquated laws are hampering the resolution of labour disputes.
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At a secret meeting in London in 1970, General Ne Win ordered bank notes featuring images of Bogyoke Aung San that are the proudest achievements of a famous artist.
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