The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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David Starfire is a multi-instrumentalist composer, music producer, DJ, and record label owner known for mixing electronic music with traditional instruments from throughout the world.
BY Sam Cartmell
ပြည်ခိုင်ဖြိုး ပါတီ၏ အရေးပေါ်ပါတီ ညီလာခံအား ခေါ်ယူရန် တောင်းဆိုထားသည်ဟုဆို
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ရော့စ်လာမှာ ညာလက်နှင့် နဖူးတွင် ဒဏ်ရာများရရှိခဲ့ပြီး ဇင်မာမန်မှာ ပေါက်ကွဲမှုဖြစ်ပြီးနောက် ၎င်းဘယ်ဘက်နားမှာ မကြားရတော့ဟု သိရသည်။
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Exponents of one of Myanmar’s traditional martial arts are fighting to revive its popularity but face challenges from a younger generation more interested in other fighting techniques.
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There are unlikely parallels between Spain in 1936 and Myanmar today, and one is expectation tinged with realism about whether the future will be a better place.
BY Khin Zaw Win
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The last ruler of the princely Shan state of Hsipaw returned home from the United States in 1954 with grand development ideas but was arrested during the Ne Win coup in 1962 and never seen again.
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