In Sagaing Region, local people linked to resistance groups risk death to document the conflict, providing media outlets with a vital – if inevitably partisan – source of information from the ground.
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The former ruling party and 12 other parties have generated controversy by seeking a meeting of a powerful, military-dominated panel that is empowered under the constitution to run the country during an emergency.
An international troupe that includes trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers is enchanting Yangon audiences with traditional and contemporary circus performances rarely seen in Myanmar.
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On the centenary of King Thibaw’s death in lonely exile in India, his descendants are ramping up a campaign to have his remains returned to Mandalay, the last royal capital.
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Members of the two biggest opposition parties say rulings by the NLD's Union Parliament speakers are muzzling debate on important national issues.
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Before foreign banks are allowed to offer more services, Myanmar needs to enact reforms that make its domestic banks more competitive and encourage them to extend more credit to the private sector.
Traders are right to feel aggrieved given the many snap policy changes since 2011, many of which have often left them worse off.
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