With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.
BY Lawi Weng
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လျှပ်စစ်နှင့် စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် ပညာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာနတို့အတွက် ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်နှစ်ဦးအား ထပ်မံခန့်အပ်မည်ဖြစ်သည်။
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Shortages of adequate supplies of safe, nutritious food continue to affect poor rural communities hit hard by last year’s floods, says a report by two UN agencies.
BY Oliver Slow
Praise of Myanmar's reform success under Thein Sein fail to note that very little has changed on the country's periphery.
The decision to create a Ministry of Ethnic Affairs has been welcomed by many but some worry it will reduce the influence of ethnic MPs in the Union Parliament.
The NLD's recent attitude towards the media flies in the face of the party's claim it will usher in a new era of government transparency.
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BY Sann Oo
အဆိုပါ ဥပဒေအား ပြဌာန်းပြီးပါက ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်သည် အစိုးရအဖွဲ့အား တာဝန်ခံ ဦးဆောင်နိုင်မည်ဖြစ်သည်
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