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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A new passport kindles memories of an encounter with a Gautemalan Rasta named Fresh, a frog from a Thai market and a bus to Mexico City.
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The Mandalay real estate market is in the doldrums and the reasons include factors special to the former royal capital, such as a downturn in the gems trade and a crackdown on drug trafficking.
ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး၊ ကြွယ်ဝချမ်းသာမှု၊ ချစ်ကြည်ရင်းနှီးမှုတွေကို ဒေသတွင်းသာမက တစ်ကမ္ဘာလုံးခံစားနိုင်တဲ့ အခွင့်အလမ်းအနေနဲ့ မျှော်လင့်ထားကြောင်းလည်း ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ပြောကြားခဲ့တယ်
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Privacy violations involving revenge pornography are on the rise in Myanmar but seeking legal remedy can be a daunting experience for victims.
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မီဒီယာနဲ့ အစိုးရတာဝန်ရှိသူတွေအကြား ဆက်သွယ်မှု ပိုမိုမြန်ဆန်စေမှာဖြစ်ပြီး သတင်းစီးဆင်းမှု ပိုမိုမြန်ဆန်လာလိမ့်မယ်လို့ ယုံကြည်ကြောင်း ဦးဖေမြင့်က ပြောပါတယ်။
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