People displaced in northern Shan State are hoping that the November 8 election will be their last in the camps they would rather not be calling home.
BY Hein Thar
People displaced in northern Shan State are hoping that the November 8 election will be their last in the camps they would rather not be calling home.
BY Hein Thar
As COVID-19 cases mount in Yangon, the government has ordered townships to open quarantine centres but is not providing any financial support.
If the government really wants to introduce a fair framework for defamation, it needs to overhaul or replace all six related laws.
BY Frontier
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A US$207 million upgrade for the Yangon circle line funded by Japan will cut travel times by half, a Myanma Railways official has said.
BY Frontier
Foul-mouthed rockstar Kyar Pauk used to wrangle with censors for artistic freedom, now he won't take orders from anyone.
The recently-formed National Development Party is reaching for the sky in the November 8 election, hoping to be the phoenix that rises from the ashes of a routed Union Solidarity and Development Party.
BY Larry Jagan
How Myanmar's Pyidaungsu Hluttaw works.
Foul-mouthed rockstar Kyar Pauk used to wrangle with censors for artistic freedom, now he won't take orders from anyone — not even his fans.
Taunggyi’s dazzling annual pyrotechnics festival is becoming more popular, profitable and perilous.
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