Myanmar is steeped in trauma from past and present conflict and dictatorial rule – but with the breakdown of already meagre public health infrastructure since the 2021 coup, communities themselves are acquiring the tools to tackle the mental toll.
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Myanmar is steeped in trauma from past and present conflict and dictatorial rule – but with the breakdown of already meagre public health infrastructure since the 2021 coup, communities themselves are acquiring the tools to tackle the mental toll.
BY Frontier
The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.
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Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.
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Positive developments in Myanmar over the last year have been tempered by new challenges, tragedies and upheaval.
I had heard rumours about Yangon’s casinos, where cronies gathered to cut shady deals and the only women were of questionable repute.
Vipul Chawla, the managing director of Pizza Hut Restaurants Asia Pte Ltd, discusses the fast food giant's Myanmar debut.
BY Oliver Slow
The devaluation of the kyat and the dollarisation of the economy is a problem that has confronted Myanmar for a long time.
Let’s start with the nationwide ceasefire, that has been signed two months ago. Some say 8 signatories out of 16 participating ethnic armed organizations in the peace talks is not a resounding success.
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BY Oliver Slow
There lack of a garbage disposal system at Nyaung Shwe has created an eyesore at Inle Lake, one of Myanmar's top tourist destinations.
BY Oliver Slow
The business community in the bustling border town of Muse is dominated by Chinese entrepreneurs and their families, who rather talk money than politics.
BY Ann Wang
Yangon’s already negligible public spaces are under threat from the city's commercial construction boom.
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