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.
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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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Investment capital flows where it is safe and secure, so Myanmar must deliver rule of law and certainty – while at the same time being selective and strategic as to the investment treaties it signs.
The four ethnic armed groups that launched a joint offensive in northern Shan State last month should be formally declared terrorist groups, the defense minister says.
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The Yangon Region government’s decision to charge two executives from the Eleven Media Group with defamation over a controversial commentary has ignited a debate about media freedom and responsibility.
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မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် သဘာဝ သယံဇာတပစ္စည်း အလွန်ပေါ်ကြွယ်ဝသည်ဟု ချီးမွမ်းနေကြသော်လည်း အမှန်တကယ်တွင် ချီးမွမ်းစရာကိစ္စမဟုတ်ဟု နိုင်ငံတော်၏ အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ပြောကြားလိုက်သည်။
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More than five years after a woman disappeared while in Tatmadaw custody, a Kachin family waits for answers.
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When it comes to recent events in Rakhine State, nobody has a monopoly on the truth.
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