The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
BY Frontier
Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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Christianity is one of the smallest religions in Myanmar in terms of numbers but its roots of tradition and community run deep.
Christianity is one of the smallest religions in Myanmar in terms of numbers but its roots of tradition and community run deep.
High land prices and a shortage of low-cost housing means that many Yangon residents can only ever dream of owning a home of their own.
BY Hein Ko Soe
The Tatmadaw must be prepared to work closely and constructively with the NLD government for the nation to achieve peace, stability and development.
လျှပ်စစ်နှင့် စွမ်းအင်ဝန်ကြီးဌာနနှင့် ပညာရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာနတို့အတွက် ပြည်ထောင်စုဝန်ကြီးသစ်နှစ်ဦးအား ထပ်မံခန့်အပ်မည်ဖြစ်သည်။
ဥပဒေအတည်ပြုပြီးပါက ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်အနေဖြင့် အချုပ်အခြာအာဏာ သုံးရပ်စလုံးတွင် ပါဝင်ခွင့် ရရှိသွားမည်ဖြစ်သည်
Shortages of adequate supplies of safe, nutritious food continue to affect poor rural communities hit hard by last year’s floods, says a report by two UN agencies.
BY Oliver Slow
Praise of Myanmar's reform success under Thein Sein fail to note that very little has changed on the country's periphery.
The decision to create a Ministry of Ethnic Affairs has been welcomed by many but some worry it will reduce the influence of ethnic MPs in the Union Parliament.
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