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The AA’s offensives into neighbouring regions together with its resistance allies have brought Myanmar’s civil war to new ...
The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now ...
Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar ...
The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more ...
Malaysia called yesterday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar, as it ramped up calls ...
It has been more than a week since Akbar, a Rohingya refugee in India, has heard his niece’s voice, the longest they have not spoken to each other. She is among more than 40 Rohingya alleged by the ...
After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing ...
“Most of the workers have debts,” said Zaw Zaw Aung, who estimates that more than half of Kyauk Sein’s 1,300 workers owe money. The factory eventually reopened on May 2, much to the relief of its ...
Despite rising financial pressures to supply weapons and provide public services in its territory, the KIO cancelled a major business deal in response to protests from local communities trying to ...
Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military. A pickup truck with ...
Desperate migrant workers are increasingly heading for the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, whose illicit economy has apparent links to Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group. While travellers pass ...
As China steps up measures to protect its citizens, an industry dependent on human trafficking and forced labour is adapting by targeting new groups – with a focus on English speakers. This article ...