The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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A former teacher recalls with affection and nostalgia his stint at a little school in the Ayeyarwady Delta where his pupils stayed away on rainy days because they could not afford an umbrella or a raincoat.
BY Bo Bo Thein
Farmers in a village in Ayeyarwady Region say that heavy flooding in recent years has severely affected their income, forcing them into a cycle of debt.
BY Su Myat Mon
Four years of work, more than 100 stakeholder meetings and millions of dollars of donor funding. But what does the National Education Strategic Plan actually say?
BY Thomas Kean
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The recent spike in fighting in the north of the country appears to have dashed hopes that State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s leadership could bring all ethnic armed groups into the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement. China has expressed growing concern about the violence near its border and increased its support for Myanmar’s peace process, hosting a number of high-profile meetings.
BY Paul Vrieze
The Ministry of Education has generated controversy with an ad that discriminates against the disabled in apparent contravention of the 2008 Constitution and Myanmar’s obligations under a UN convention.
BY Thi Kha
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