The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
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The People’s Defence Force has suffered a major symbolic setback by losing control of the first town it seized – accusing the Myanmar military of destroying Kawlin in order to reclaim it – but its troops vow to fight on.
BY Frontier
As the military regime targets places of worship to break popular support for the resistance, Catholic communities caught up in the conflict are being denied the consolations of their religion.
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Malaysia is encouraging undocumented migrants to hand themselves in on the promise to repatriate rather than detain them, but many Myanmar migrants fear being arrested on their return or forced to serve in the military.
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BY Sean Gleeson
The spread of smartphones has fostered illegal gambling by enabling tech-savvy bookies to place their customers’ bets via social media websites.
BY Htun Khaing
Gender equality activists have launched what’s believed to be the first self-defence training course in Yangon for women.
The passing of a new financial institutions law in January has raised hopes of a brighter future for the nation’s banks but there are challenging times ahead.
A free ambulance service staffed by dedicated volunteers is providing transport for some of Yangon’s neediest people.
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၂၀၁၂ခုနှစ်၊ ဇွန်လတွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအစိုးရက ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့်အတူ ပူးတွဲလုပ်ငန်းဆောင်ရွက်မှု စီမံချက်ကို သဘောတူလက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးပြီးသည့်အချိန်မှ ယနေ့အထိ ကလေးသူငယ် ၇၄၅ ဦးကို တပ်မတော်က နှုတ်ထွက်ခွင့်ပြုခဲ့ပြီးဖြစ်သည်
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There’s something odd about the Ministry of Rail Transportation’s tendering system and the way it spends taxpayers’ money.
Yangon’s Drug Elimination Museum is cavernous, crumbling and weird, but not that weird.
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