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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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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United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.
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The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.
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The sprawling Arlein Nga Sint monastery in northern Yangon’s Insein Township is home to the old, mysterious and bizarre.
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New research and anecdotal reports suggest that some owners are refusing to rent or sell to Muslims, Chinese and other minority groups.
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BY Oliver Slow
In a competitive global environment, investment in Myanmar real estate has lagged because of uncertain returns and the inability of foreign developers and potential local partners to agree on land values.
Is the attraction of living in a colonial apartment worth the sometimes exorbitant cost?
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A widespread belief in spirits and the supernatural in Myanmar is keeping members of a sect busy bringing comfort to the possessed without causing physical pain.
BY Htun Khaing
There’s only one road to the capital of the remote Naga Self-Administered Zone, where transport costs impose a heavy burden on residents of one of the country’s poorest and least-developed areas.
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