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.
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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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Former anti-government rebel Aung Naing Oo has been playing a key role in helping to end years of armed conflict through his work with the Myanmar Peace Center.
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Myanmar journalists are pushing for changes to the country's controversial Broadcasting Law, derisively called a Ministry of Information “wish list”.
အဆိုပါ လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း ပစ္စည်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မြို့သို့ သယ်ယူလာနိုင်သဖြင့် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ လုံခြုံရေးအတွက် မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေသည်
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The recent surge in the value of the kyat against the greenback was due partly to the Central Bank’s inability to prevent currency speculation.
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ထိုသို့တိုက်ခိုက်ခံခဲ့ရသည့်အမှုအား ကချင်ပြည်နယ်အစိုးရက စုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးအဖွဲ့ ဖွဲ့စည်းကာ စစ်ဆေး ဖော်ထုတ်သွားမည်ဟု သိရသည်
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Successive Myanmar governments have tried to erase the legacy of colonial rule but a number of archaic laws continue to be enforced.
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