Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
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Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
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The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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As fighting spreads to southern Rakhine, thousands have fled for neighbouring Ayeyarwady, where they’ve had a frosty reception as the junta tightens security in one of its few remaining stable strongholds.
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A recent report says poverty in Yangon is higher than previously thought and many people on the city’s fringes are being forced to turn to loan sharks to cover basic and emergency expenses.
An investigation into allegations of poor performance from the Mon State Chief Minister U Min Min Oo has highlighted deep divisions within the party, amid concerns the state government there is too close to the business community.
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ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးအတွင်း ပြေးဆွဲနေသည့် ဘတ်စ်စကားများ စုပေါင်းပြေးဆွဲသည့် စနစ်သို့ စတင်ပြောင်းလဲသည့် ယနေ့ ဇန်နဝါရီ ၁၆ ရက်နေ့တွင်ပင် ခရီးသွားပြည်သူများအများစုမှာ ၎င်းတို့စီးမည့် ဘတ်စ်ကား စီးနိုင်ရေးအတွက် အခက်အခဲများ စတင်ရင်ဆိုင်နေကြရသည်။
BY Hein Ko Soe
Led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the government is trying to solve the complex issues in the restive region, but is hindered by international criticism and an unwavering attitude by the old guard toward the state’s Muslim community.
The military junta might have been replaced by a democratically-elected government, but defamation cases are on the rise; and a controversial clause in the 2013 Telecommunications Law is to blame.
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