An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.
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An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.
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There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.
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Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.
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A statement by 11 political parties calling for the dissolution of the Rakhine State Advisory Commission has elicited dismay and regret from Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
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မောင်တောမြို့တွင် ယနေ့ နံနက်က ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည့် နယ်ခြားစောင့်ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့နှင့် အကြမ်းဖက် အဖွဲ့အစည်းတို့အကြား တိုက်ခိုက်မှုအတွင်း ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်ကိုးဦး သေဆုံးခဲ့ပြီးနောက် မောင်တောခရိုင်တခုလုံးအတွင်း ညမထွက်ရအချိန်ကို ယခင်ကထက် တင်းကြပ်လိုက်ပြီဖြစ်သည်။
လက်နက်တိုက်မှ လက်နက်မျိုးစုံ ၁၂၀ လက်ခန့်ကိုလည်း လာရောက်တိုက်ခိုက်သူများက ယူဆောင်သွားသည်ဟု သိရသည်။
Many Myanmar companies are re-branding by giving back, but it will take more than philanthropy to leave the past behind.
A pioneering low-cost housing project in Yangon is charting a possible path forward on one of the city’s toughest challenges.
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Even before the latest scandal to befall it, the Myanmar public has never had confidence in the National Human Rights Commission or its members.
Concerns are once again emerging over the future of the National League for Democracy, amid doubts over its commitment to democratic principles.
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