Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.
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Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.
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If the National Unity Government wants to be taken seriously on the international stage, it needs to put forward a coherent, united, powerful vision for Myanmar’s future.
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The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.
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Despite fielding only a handful of candidates in this year's election, the FUP has big hopes for the future.
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Ethnic politics is dominating the election race in Rakhine State, where an increasingly confident Rakhine National Party covets the chief minister’s position and the divide between Buddhists and Muslims continues to fester.
Myanmar’s ruling party on Wednesday denied previous reports that they had dismissed House Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann from their ranks.
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Micro-hydropower projects have the potential to provide electricity to rural areas throughout much of Myanmar but risk being sidelined by the World Bank-funded National Electrification Plan.
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ဒုတိယကမ္ဘာစစ်အတွင်း ပျောက်ဆုံးနေသော လေတပ်သားများ၏ အကြွင်းအကျန်များကို ရှာဖွေရန် အမေရိကန်နိုင်ငံ၏ ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်မှုသည် ရလဒ် မရရှိသေးဘဲ အငြင်းပွားဖွယ် ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိမှု တစ်ခုဖြင့်သာ အဆုံးသတ်ခဲ့သည်။
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