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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The owners of a 174-tonne piece of jade worth millions of dollars that was uncovered in Kachin State don't have equipment strong enough to move it.
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It’s difficult to defend Klaas Haytema’s actions, but it's even more difficult to justify his prison sentence.
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Security forces were woefully unprepared for the October 9 attacks in northern Rakhine State, while a week later communities are in lockdown and the government has backpedalled on its earlier statements.
Campaigners say that plans for a series of dams on the Thanlwin River will force the relocation of tens of thousands of people, threaten the peace process and inundate pristine environments.
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A purpose-built camp north of Yangon that over three years housed delegates who laid the foundations for the 2008 Constitution has been abandoned to the forces of nature.
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