Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
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Intense conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has led to an increase in the number of severely injured civilians, even as aid organisations stop work in the region and services for the disabled decline.
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Resistance groups in western Mandalay Region have shown signs of greater coordination and effectiveness, but there’s still a long way to go to replicate the successes of their comrades in the north.
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Frontier speaks with Roland Kobia, the first resident Ambassador of the European Union to Myanmar.
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It was an obscenity to use the deaths of those who died in last month's ferry crash — several of whom were young children — as a political tool.
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The General Administration Department, a far-reaching civil service body under military authority, has just created a new and powerful role for friends of the army.
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