Since health authorities introduced stay-at-home orders for Yangon in September, informal workers and small business owners have faced a grim struggle to make ends meet amid a lack of government assistance.
Since health authorities introduced stay-at-home orders for Yangon in September, informal workers and small business owners have faced a grim struggle to make ends meet amid a lack of government assistance.
The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.
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The Arakan Army, which is locked in a vicious fight with the Tatmadaw will not "get peace by praying", its commander said as he vowed his forces would fight on.
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ဝ ပြည်နယ်အနေဖြင့် "လက်ရှိအနေအထား၊ အခြေအနေအတိုင်း" ဆက်လက်စောင့်ထိန်းသွားမည်ဟု ဝ ပြည်နယ်၊ ပြည်သူ့အစိုးရ ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ဦးပေါက်ယူချန်းက ယနေ့ (ဧပြီ ၁၇ ရက်နေ့)တွင် ပြောဆိုလိုက်သည်။
Sumlut Gun Shawng has devoted nearly 40 years to making the Myitkyina YMCA one of the city’s best appreciated and most innovative community service organisations.
There are no rides or performances for visitors at an award-winning elephant care camp in the Shan hills where the animals’ health is the top priority.
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