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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The big winner in the election was the National League for Democracy. But who came up short?
The ostensible target of the Monogamy Law is Muslim men with more than one wife, but the application of the law is having consequences for Buddhist men who are unfaithful to their wives.
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Democratic Party (Myanmar) leader U Thu Wai is used to fighting uneven fights. In the 2010 election he unexpectedly lost in Yangon’s Mingalar Taung Nyunt, when pre-votes in favor of then Minister of Labour U Aung Kyi suddenly appeared after midnight. In Sunday’s election he had to battle it out with a National League for Democracy opponent.
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BY Hans Hulst
The long-awaited Yangon Stock Exchange is due to open in early December and there are a few things you need to know if you’re planning to play the market.
ဦးသိန်းစိန်၏ သမ္မတသက်တမ်း ပြီးဆုံးကာနီးအချိန်တွင် သမ္မတဦးသိန်းစိန် ရပ်ဆိုင်းထားခဲ့သော မြစ်ဆုံဆည် စီမံကိန်းကို ဗဟိုပြု၍ ရိုက်ကူးထားသော မှတ်တမ်းတင်ရုပ်ရှင်ကားတစ်ကား ပေါ်ထွက်လာခဲ့သည်။
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President U Thein Sein has sent a letter to the National League for Democracy, congratulating the party on its 'victory' and promising to respect the 'decision of the voters'.
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