A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.
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A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.
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Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.
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Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
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Cockfighting is thriving in Myanmar but remains a clandestine activity because of prohibitions on betting.
As developers cry foul and warn of bankruptcy, officials in Yangon have defended decisions to chop storeys off some high-rise projects as being in the interests of the city’s orderly development.
As developers cry foul and warn of bankruptcy, officials in Yangon have defended decisions to chop storeys off some high-rise projects.
Time is running out for an international moratorium on new fossil-fuel power plants. Myanmar needs to take notice.
The government has largely put labour reform on the backburner at a time when worker rights advocates say there’s an urgent need to improve dispute settlement procedures.
Women who are victims of abusive husbands face cultural and legal barriers if they want to file for a divorce or lodge a criminal complaint.
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