In Sagaing Region, local people linked to resistance groups risk death to document the conflict, providing media outlets with a vital – if inevitably partisan – source of information from the ground.
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Buddhism might be a religion of peace, harmony and compassion, but for the Venerable U Uttara, the past three decades have been filled with conflict and strife.
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Buddhism might be a religion of peace, harmony and compassion, but for the Venerable U Uttara, abbot of the Myanmar Europe Buddhist Missionary Center at Pale Myothit in Yangon’s Mingaladon Township, the past three decades have been filled with conflict and strife.
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The harm reduction approach to heroin addiction is having a positive impact on the lives of users in Kachin State, but is meeting some resistance from faith-based treatment centers.
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India’s commitment to bilateral relations has been questioned by those who wonder if it regards Myanmar as little more than a corridor for trade with other mainland Southeast Asian countries.
China is seeking to burnish its public image in Myanmar against the backdrop of decades of fraught relations.
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