The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.
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The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.
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Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.
The Karen Border Guard Force is providing the military with frontline soldiers in exchange for business protection, allowing its “new city” project to emerge as a hub for online scams.
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Kachin activist Daw May Sabe Phyu has campaigned on issues ranging from ethnic and gender equality to the rights of the disabled, but her latest struggle has been personal.
BY Oliver Slow
The Myanmar Police Force is under the Ministry of Home Affairs, one of three ministries controlled by the military. What are the dreams and aspirations of the men and women who help to maintain law and order?
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Kachin activist Daw May Sabe Phyu has campaigned on issues ranging from ethnic and gender equality to the rights of the disabled, but her latest struggle has been personal.
BY Oliver Slow
Shorter, modern hairstyles are cutting into the profits of Yangon's longstanding hair market.
Persecution, violence and abuse are part of the daily lives of transgender sex workers, but some are hoping for better times under a new government.
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