The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.
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The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.
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Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.
The Karen Border Guard Force is providing the military with frontline soldiers in exchange for business protection, allowing its “new city” project to emerge as a hub for online scams.
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Police are allowing criminals to avoid prison by substituting others in their place, in a practice that observers say is undermining the integrity of the justice system and efforts to combat organised crime.
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A statement by 11 political parties calling for the dissolution of the Rakhine State Advisory Commission has elicited dismay and regret from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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မောင်တောမြို့တွင် ယနေ့ နံနက်က ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည့် နယ်ခြားစောင့်ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့နှင့် အကြမ်းဖက် အဖွဲ့အစည်းတို့အကြား တိုက်ခိုက်မှုအတွင်း ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်ကိုးဦး သေဆုံးခဲ့ပြီးနောက် မောင်တောခရိုင်တခုလုံးအတွင်း ညမထွက်ရအချိန်ကို ယခင်ကထက် တင်းကြပ်လိုက်ပြီဖြစ်သည်။
လက်နက်တိုက်မှ လက်နက်မျိုးစုံ ၁၂၀ လက်ခန့်ကိုလည်း လာရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်သူများက ယူဆောင်သွားသည်ဟု သိရသည်။
Many Myanmar companies are re-branding by giving back, but it will take more than philanthropy to leave the past behind.
A pioneering low-cost housing project in Yangon is charting a possible path forward on one of the city’s toughest challenges.
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