An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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Fears over the growing Tatmadaw presence have some residents preparing to flee Laiza at short notice, but otherwise life goes on much as normal in the KIO headquarters.
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On International Women’s Day, a call for Myanmar’s leaders to stand up for the rights of women, whether at the parliament or the peace table, in IDP camps or conflict zones.
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If Myanmar is to provide decent employment for all and cut poverty, the many barriers to setting up and growing a business need to be addressed.
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Five years ago, a group of architects, historians, businesspeople and others banded together to form the Yangon Heritage Trust in a last-ditch attempt to preserve Yangon’s unique character. While the initial aim was to save the city’s heritage buildings, which were in danger of being torn down, the group’s focus has since expanded to broader questions of urban development.
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