Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.
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The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.
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Kalay pays a heavy price for its strategic location near the Indian border, as police fight in vain against a flood of drugs.
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Since independence, Myanmar’s ethnic minorities have felt ignored by the central government. A new ministry focusing on ethnic affairs was supposed to change that, but there is little clarity about its actual role.
BY Hein Ko Soe
A single family has safeguarded Myanmar’s Jewish tradition for decades, as its once-thriving community dwindled over time.
Against all odds, Myanmar’s independent music scene is on the up and up.
BY Natalie Wong
A free arts education program in Yangon is teaching children how to see and think creatively.
BY Thi Ri Han
Vendors of fake medicine and faith healers are using spurious claims to prey on desperate people of limited means who have been diagnosed with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
BY Htun Khaing
Yangon city’s squatters reveal a broader housing crisis that can only be solved by moderating the price of property.
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Cancelling the controversial hydropower project could offer a PR victory to the Chinese and Myanmar governments, and at the same time present an opportunity for a comprehensive energy plan in the country.
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