A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.
BY Ye Myo Hein
Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.
Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.
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Identified by yellow construction helmets, volunteer traffic attendants are doing their best to keep Yangon roads free of jams in places not served by an under-resourced traffic police force.
BY Htun Khaing
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A handful of tourism projects around the country are seeking to deliver real benefits to host communities, but national-level policies are still heavily focused on regulations that act as a barrier to entry for smaller operators.
For the military government, Myanmar's national performing arts competition was less about the arts than forging a new concept of 'national identity' – one in which ethnic minorities were given only a token place.
BY Hein Ko Soe
The 10 carriers serving domestic destinations in Myanmar are operating in a saturated market and a report on the industry warns that a shake-up is inevitable.
BY Oliver Slow
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