Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.
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Many workers brought to criminal hubs in Southeast Asia have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, but some are seeking a payday despite the risks. Frontier spoke to two workers – one in online gambling the other in online scams – about their daily lives, working conditions and what brought them to Shwe Kokko.
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A recent report says there are deficiencies in a $480 million World Bank-funded project to upgrade and empower rural communities that has brought positive change to millions of lives.
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
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It is unlikely that Myanmar will see a more favourable climate for peacemaking for some years to come.
အိမ်အကူကလေးငယ်နှစ်ဦးကို ညှင်းပမ်းနှိပ်စက်မှုဖြင့် လူကုန်ကူးမှုဖြင့် အမှုဖွင့် တိုင်ကြားခံရသည့် အင်းဝ အပ်ချုပ်ဆိုင်အမှုတွင် လူကုန်ကူးမှုကို ဖုံးကွယ်ပေးခဲ့ခြင်းမရှိဟု မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ အမျိုးသားလူ့အခွင့်အရေး ကော်မရှင်အဖွဲ့ဝင်များက ငြင်းဆိုလိုက်သည်။
The ubiquitous little repair shops that were a response to the poverty created by economic isolation are under pressure from municipal by-laws, modernisation and rising incomes.
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