Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
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A massive influx in imported vehicles in recent years has contributed to deteriorating air quality in Yangon but information about pollution levels is yet to be released.
BY Hein Ko Soe
Multiple trials, longer sentences and targeted prosecutions against high-profile activists have accompanied an increased number of politically-motivated arrests, Amnesty says.
BY Sean Gleeson
The decision to nominate U Myint Swe as Vice President does not inspire confidence in the military's commitment to further democratic reform.
ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ပါဝင်လုပ်ဆောင်ခွင့် မရှိသော်လည်း ပါတီလုပ်ငန်းများတွင် ထိခိုက်မှု ရှိမည်မဟုတ်
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The boom in smartphone use has fuelled a long-simmering controversy in the IT community over adopting Unicode as the standard for character encoding in Myanmar, instead of Zawgyi.
Yangon’s freelance garbage collectors are cleaning up dirty streets, but there’s a suspicion some of them may be part of the problem.
The busy Chinese border town of Ruili is home to a large Myanmar community, many of whom are Muslims who have rebuilt their lives after fleeing discrimination and violence.
BY Ann Wang
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