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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Despite fielding only a handful of candidates in this year's election, the FUP has big hopes for the future.
BY Oliver Slow
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Micro-hydropower projects have the potential to provide electricity to rural areas throughout much of Myanmar but risk being sidelined by the World Bank-funded National Electrification Plan.
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ဒုတိယကမ္ဘာစစ်အတွင်း ပျောက်ဆုံးနေသော လေတပ်သားများ၏ အကြွင်းအကျန်များကို ရှာဖွေရန် အမေရိကန်နိုင်ငံ၏ ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်မှုသည် ရလဒ် မရရှိသေးဘဲ အငြင်းပွားဖွယ် ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိမှု တစ်ခုဖြင့်သာ အဆုံးသတ်ခဲ့သည်။
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BY Hans Hulst
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It’s no secret that Thura U Shwe Mann has long coveted the presidency. Recent comments show his ambition to assume the nation’s top job remains intact, despite a difficult few months.
Selling to the public?
On October 30, the Yangon regional government launched the Yangon Public Bus Company offering a new Bus Rapid Transit service, with shares in the new company being sold to the public starting on Monday, although crony companies have already snapped up most of the equity.
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