Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.
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A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.
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U Aung Myo Min is one of Myanmar’s best-known LGBT activists. He fled to Thailand after the 1988 anti-government uprising, joining the All Burma Students Democratic Front movement, before studying human rights at Columbia University in New York.
BY Oliver Slow
An increasing number of young Myanmar are among the third of the population chewing betel, a habit that can have a devastating effect on health.
BY Oliver Slow
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Job creation will be key to Myanmar’s future economic growth, writes Yoma Strategic Holdings chairman Serge Pun.
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လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ အရည်အသွေး မြှင့်တင်ရေးအတွက် ကျင်းပသည့် လွှတ်တော်ဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများ ရှင်းလင်းရေး အစီအစဉ်သို့ လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ၄၅၀ ခန့်တက်ရောက်
The coming weeks will be critical for the political future of Thura U Shwe Mann, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in the previous parliament.
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