Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.
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Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.
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Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.
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Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.
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Peace conferences due to begin in January will be prolonged and protracted because they involve too many participants and too many groups.
U Thant Myint-U rose to prominence as an author and analyst on Myanmar. The Burmese historian has written four books, most notably The River of Lost Footsteps and Where China meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia.
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Writer Paul Theroux visited Myanmar in the 1970s while gathering material for The Great Railway Bazaar. Following in his footsteps decades later, little has changed on Myanmar’s railways.
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The Ministry of Education has embarked on an ambitious project to completely rebuild Myanmar's outmoded education system.
An attitude of letting bygones be bygones might be politically opportune, but it will not make the poignant issue of transitional justice go away.
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In a forgotten corner of Yangon, a theme park feted by the former junta now lies derelict, with its residents facing an uncertain future.
Some of the nation’s tycoons have shrugged off concerns about the future of their business empires under a National League for Democracy government.
ကိုယ်ခံပညာပေါင်းစုံ ပေါင်းစပ်ထိုးသတ်ရသည့် အဆိုပါ ပြိုင်ပွဲကို မတ် ၁၈ ရက်တွင် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ သုဝဏ္ဏအားကစားရုံတွင် ကျင်းပသွားမည်ဖြစ်သည်
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ရွေးကောက်ပွဲများတွင် အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့အချုပ်က အမျိုးသားလွှတ်တော်အတွက် ၁၃၅ ဦး၊ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်အတွက် ၂၅၅ ဦး၊ စုစုပေါင်း ၃၉၀ ဦး အနိုင်ရရှိထား
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