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.
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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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An increasing number of young Myanmar are among the third of the population chewing betel, a habit that can have a devastating effect on health.
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Job creation will be key to Myanmar’s future economic growth, writes Yoma Strategic Holdings chairman Serge Pun.
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လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ အရည်အသွေး မြှင့်တင်ရေးအတွက် ကျင်းပသည့် လွှတ်တော်ဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများ ရှင်းလင်းရေး အစီအစဉ်သို့ လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ် ၄၅၀ ခန့်တက်ရောက်
The coming weeks will be critical for the political future of Thura U Shwe Mann, one of the most powerful and controversial figures in the previous parliament.
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Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
Myanmar migrant workers in the booming Thai border trade town of Mae Sot are biding their time as they wait for the day they can return home.
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