Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.
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Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.
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As regions like Sagaing plunge deeper into the chaos of Myanmar’s post-coup conflict, cases of sexual violence by both sides are on the rise and victims have few avenues to seek redress.
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Widespread conflict has had a devastating impact on paddy farmers in war zones, but the slump in production is driving up prices for farmers in more stable areas, despite new onerous export restrictions.
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The media-shy Renaissance Institute, a think-tank, prefers to keep a low profile but has had high-level influence on the National League for Democracy’s long-awaited economic policy.
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Prize-winning Mandalay painter Myo Khin can turn out more than 300 abstracts a year but his career was going nowhere until he made the change from watercolours to acrylic.
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The much-anticipated release of the government’s economic policy has been a huge disappointment for those who expected detailed prescriptions for national development.
Environmentalists are campaigning to prevent the destruction of the nation’s remaining mangrove forests because they provide protection from extreme weather and support a rich variety of marine life.
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Ko Ye Tun Naung is gunning for a medal in Rio this summer, where he is an outside bet for a podium finish in two pistol shooting events.
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