The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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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။
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BY Su Myat Mon
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The military junta might have been replaced by a democratically-elected government, but defamation cases are on the rise; and a controversial clause in the 2013 Telecommunications Law is to blame.
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