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.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
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The business community in the bustling border town of Muse is dominated by Chinese entrepreneurs and their families, who rather talk money than politics.
BY Ann Wang
Yangon’s already negligible public spaces are under threat from the city's commercial construction boom.
BY Oliver Slow
There are positive signs for the future of Myanmar's cinema industry.
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People in Myanmar are more connected than ever and, with a record behind every call and text, easier than ever to track.
BY James Coe
People in Myanmar are more connected than ever and, with a record behind every call and text, easier than ever to track.
BY James Coe
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