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.
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.
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လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ အရည်အသွေး မြှင့်တင်ရေးအတွက် ကျင်းပသည့် လွှတ်တော်ဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများ ရှင်းလင်းရေး အစီအစဉ်သို့ လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ၄၅၀ ခန့်တက်ရောက်
The coming weeks will be critical for the political future of Thura U Shwe Mann, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in the previous parliament.
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Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
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The second &Proud film festival in Yangon has again turned a spotlight on the country’s small and largely hidden LGBT community.
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