Watermelon growers and traders were profiting handsomely from exports to China until border trade was decimated by Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to fighting COVID-19.
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Watermelon growers and traders were profiting handsomely from exports to China until border trade was decimated by Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to fighting COVID-19.
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When the Myanmar military reopened the nation’s schools in November, millions of students found themselves forced to choose between maintaining the boycott of state services and losing even more of their education.
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Six months ago, Myanmar endured a catastrophe as its health system was overwhelmed with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. A Frontier investigation finds that the true death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands, as most were never counted.
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A decision by the United States to lift remaining sanctions against Myanmar would be a boost for the incoming NLD government, but a key factor in any US move will be the politics of its presidential election.
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An incident in 1995 involving Daw Aung San Suu Kyi may cloud relations between a National League for Democracy government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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Professor Robert H. Taylor, author of a biography of General Ne Win, shares his sometimes controversial insights on the former dictator.
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Professor Robert H. Taylor’s meticulously-researched General Ne Win: A Political Biography is an important contribution to understanding the life and times of one of the dominant figures in modern Myanmar history.
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