With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.
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After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.
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A Myanmar-Chinese community has long thrived in Taiwan but shifts in the island’s national identity has made emigrating more difficult, even as people are more desperate than ever to leave Myanmar.
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Drilling down the numbers on residential, hotel and office space across Yangon.
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The market for luxury condominiums has been in the doldrums for about two years and a glut of units and lingering uncertainty mean that a recovery is unlikely at least until mid-2017.
The Yangon Region Hluttaw is about to consider amendments to the laws governing YCDC elections but they are yet to be publicised and the lack of transparency is generating suspicion and controversy.
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If the Malaysian PM is serious about protecting the rights of Rakhine State’s Muslim community, there are plenty of places he could start far closer to home.
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