Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.
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The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.
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A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.
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After decades of rote learning, Myanmar’s education system is on the brink of a massive overhaul.
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Democratic opposition parties are concerned about a decision to deploy members of a special security force at polling stations on election day.
Symptoms of red pen hysteria were evident at the Ministry of Information’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Division in the early weeks of the 2010 election campaign.
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