An executive order by United States President Donald Trump has halted foreign aid programmes around the world, sowing chaos among the humanitarian community and its beneficiaries in Myanmar and Thailand.
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An executive order by United States President Donald Trump has halted foreign aid programmes around the world, sowing chaos among the humanitarian community and its beneficiaries in Myanmar and Thailand.
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Top Trump ally Elon Musk now has global media support in his sights, and the world’s dictators – Min Aung Hlaing included – stand to benefit.
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Min Aung Hlaing has been thrown a lifeline by China and is now under pressure to show results, but his planned election is growing less feasible by the day.
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Amid disappointments with the new government's early performance, it's easy to lose sight of where progress has been made.
A commission headed by former parliament speaker Thura U Shwe Mann has been reviewing the nation’s laws, but some say more clarity – and consultation – is needed from the government on its legal reform plans.
Myanmar has one of the world’s highest landmine casualty rates. Three organisations are helping survivors by providing them with prosthetic limbs.
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A family in Pakkoku is offering disabled, elderly and unwanted animals a sanctuary to live out their days.
BY Hein Ko Soe
As the NLD government steps up efforts to protect Myanmar’s forests, officers in the Bago Mountain Range face off with increasingly violent loggers.
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Migrants from China have settled in Myanmar for centuries but some more recent arrivals keep a low profile because their presence is illegal in the country they call home.
BY Ann Wang
Cockfighting is thriving in Myanmar but remains a clandestine activity because of prohibitions on betting.
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