In the remote mountains of Kachin State, rare earth elements used in everything from wind turbine generators to television screens are being mined illegally with seemingly toxic chemicals.
In the remote mountains of Kachin State, rare earth elements used in everything from wind turbine generators to television screens are being mined illegally with seemingly toxic chemicals.
The leader of a Tatmadaw-controlled Border Guard Force in a remote region of Kachin State has emerged as a key player in the global rare earth trade, and has turned the territory under his de facto control into a mining hub at a high environmental cost.
New restrictions on the sale and distribution of oxygen to the public have made it harder to treat COVID-19 patients at home and social welfare groups have warned the rules could result in more preventable deaths.
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Warnings to women over their attire and behaviour during Thingyan are regarded by feminists as examples of victim-blaming that reinforces rape culture.
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ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်များ တားဆီးထားသည့်ကြားမှ ဆန္ဒပြလူအုပ်ကြီးသည် သံရုံး၏မျက်နှာခြင်းဆိုင် ပလက်ဖောင်းပေါ်တွင် စုရုံးပြီး အမေရိကန်သံရုံးကို ဆန့်ကျင်သည့် ကြွေးကျော်သံများ အော်ဟစ်ခဲ့ကြသည်
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The NLD deserves praise for defying the military in its April 17 presidential pardon. Those released should never have been behind bars.
A ban on commercial pandals brought subdued celebrations in Yangon for the traditional New Year, and contributed to a boost for the domestic travel industry.
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Police say they will take action against organisers of Thursday's protest, which denounced a reference to Myanmar's Rohingya population in a statement expressing condolences to victims of a marine tragedy.
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