Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.
BY Lawi Weng
Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.
BY Lawi Weng
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By picking unnecessary battles with ethnic activists, the government is laying fertile ground for resurgent ethnic parties to win over voters who plumped for the NLD four years ago.
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The reluctance of the government to convene the powerful National Defence and Security Council has attracted the ire of the Tatmadaw and the opposition Union Solidarity and Development Party.
Volunteers with community service ambulances in northern Shan State are taking big risks to help others in conflict zones – and sometimes pay with their lives.
An officer in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army is in custody over a housing project in Myawaddy Township that has left several thousand people out of pocket.
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အိမ်ယာစီမံကိန်းဖော်ဆောင်သူ ဒီကေဘီအေအရာရှိလည်းအဖမ်းခံရပြီး ရွှေမြစန္ဒီအိမ်ယာတွင်နောက်ဆက်တွဲပြဿနာများစွာတက်ခဲ့ကာ ကရင်ပြည်နယ်အစိုးရပါခေါင်းကိုက်ခဲ့ရသည်။
In the final installment of our series about award-winning responsible tourism businesses, we meet Inle Princess Resort managing director Daw Yin Myo Su to discuss the industry slowdown and how the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Awards can serve as a platform for new visitors.
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Spectacular displays of acrobatic skill enthral audiences during the annual chinlone festival held at the Maha Muni Pagoda in Mandalay in the two months leading to the end of Waso.
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