The Arakan Army’s presence in southern Chin State has long been a source of ethnic tensions which have eased following the emergence of a common enemy after the coup, but the underlying disagreement over who should control Paletwa remains unresolved.
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The Arakan Army’s presence in southern Chin State has long been a source of ethnic tensions which have eased following the emergence of a common enemy after the coup, but the underlying disagreement over who should control Paletwa remains unresolved.
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With commercialism and escapism fuelling the domestic art scene, and exhibitions abroad trying to recapture the spirit of post-coup protests, many in Myanmar are deprived of work that reflects their new reality.
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A charity group has responded to the military’s brutal arson campaign in Sagaing Region by building palm huts for those who lost their houses, but it’s struggling to keep up with the rate of devastation.
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The decision by the United Wa State Army to invite reporters to its capital at Panghsang and its seizure of territory from a long-term ally reflects serious concern over its future.
A look at the numbers behind the growth of Myanmar's tourism market since 2011, and the top sources of foreign arrivals in Myanmar.
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သင်္ဃန်းကျွန်းမြို့နယ်တွင် ရိုက်နှက်မှု ကျူးလွန်ခဲ့ကြပြီး Facebook လူမှုကွန်ရက်ပေါ်တွင် မှတ်တမ်းဓာတ်ပုံများနှင့်တကွ ရေးသားဖော်ပြခဲ့ရသည့် ဘီအမ်ခရီးသည်တင်ယာဉ်မောင်းနှင့် ယာဉ်နောက်လိုက်များအား ဖမ်းဆီးလိုက်ပြီဖြစ်သည်ဟု ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အောက်တိုဘာ ၂၉ ရက်နေ့တွင် သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်ခဲ့သည်။
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The Kachin Independence Organisation says 49 young people who travelled to Laiza did not participate in military training, contrary to government claims.
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The UWSA says it continues to enjoy good relations with the NDAA despite recent clashes and differences in approach to the government's peace process.
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Further changes are needed to the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism’s latest draft to ensure the new law meets the sector’s needs and guides sustainable development.
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