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Investors Spooked by Myanmar Crisis as Economy Braces for Free Fall
October 20, 2021An Airplane Dilemma: Convenience Versus Environment
October 17, 2021In Mizoram, Myanmar’s children find refuge and school
September 21, 2021Business & Investment
Investors Spooked by Myanmar Crisis as Economy Braces for Free Fall
People sit on the ground while waiting for hours to withdraw cash from ATMs at the CB Bank branch at
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India resumes Covid-19 vaccine export to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Iran
Photo: Bloomberg Coronavirus vaccines have been sent to Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Iran according to the government’s decision to resume
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Myanmar faces falling currency, dollar crunch as economy worsens
A pause in development assistance has led to a foreign exchange crunch in Myanmar [File: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg] Myanmar is battling
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Myanmar migrants Continue to risk their life cross borders in search of jobs
A soldier talks to one of the 131 job seekers from Myanmar who were caught after illegally crossing the border
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ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit in rare move
Singapore’s foreign ministry said on Saturday the move to exclude junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was a “difficult, but necessary,
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Facebook Fights Release of Records in Myanmar Genocide Case
A demonstrator observes a moment of silence during a protest outside the United Nations Building in Bangkok. (Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomber
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Myanmar Junta Asks Telenor Executives Not to Leave the Country
Credit:Flickr The Norwegian telecoms firm is awaiting regulatory approval for the sale of its Myanmar operation. Myanmar’s military junta confirmed
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The K-Pop Fans Who Have Become Anti-Authoritarian Activists in Myanmar
Anti-coup protesters march before a crackdown by riot police on Feb. 27 in Yangon, Myanmar. Hkun Lat/Getty Images “No, I can’t
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Myanmar: Three million in urgent need of life-saving assistance, protection
World Bank/Markus Kostner | Boats leave from the shoreline of Myanmar. (file) The UN Country Team in Myanmar remains “deeply
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Why AUKUS Alarms ASEAN
Royal Australian Navy sailors throw heaving lines from a submarine returning to Fleet Base West near Perth, Australia, on March
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Perspective
The K-Pop Fans Who Have Become Anti-Authoritarian Activists in Myanmar
Anti-coup protesters march before a crackdown by riot police on Feb. 27 in Yangon, Myanmar. Hkun
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The coup united the people of Myanmar against oppression
Demonstrators protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 17, 2021 [Stringer/Reuters] The Burman
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Former UN Under-Secretary-General Tipped as Next Special Envoy to Myanmar
Noeleen Heyzer, in her capacity as special adviser to the UN secretary-general for Timor-Leste (left),
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Environment
Myanmar’s hidden hunger
Displaced people flee violence near the town of Tabayin in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region on 2
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An Airplane Dilemma: Convenience Versus Environment
Mr. President: There are many consequences of COVID-19 that have changed the existing landscape due
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Rohingya Repatriation: Int’l community urged to take concrete actions
MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU Global leaders and international organisations need to play a more active role
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Technology
Facebook Fights Release of Records in Myanmar Genocide Case
A demonstrator observes a moment of silence during a protest outside the United Nations Building in Bangkok. (Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomber
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Myanmar Junta Asks Telenor Executives Not to Leave the Country
Credit:Flickr The Norwegian telecoms firm is awaiting regulatory approval for the sale of its Myanmar operation. Myanmar’s military junta confirmed
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Why AUKUS Alarms ASEAN
Royal Australian Navy sailors throw heaving lines from a submarine returning to Fleet Base West near Perth, Australia, on March
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Facebook rejects request to release Myanmar officials’ data for genocide case
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado
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End Unlawful Internet Restrictions
Three people walk along a road close to the surge of fighting between the Arakan Army and Myanmar military in
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Thought Leaders
ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit in rare move
Singapore’s foreign ministry said on Saturday the move to exclude junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was a “difficult, but necessary,
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Myanmar: Three million in urgent need of life-saving assistance, protection
World Bank/Markus Kostner | Boats leave from the shoreline of Myanmar. (file) The UN Country Team in Myanmar remains “deeply
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UN chief urges united action to prevent Myanmar catastrophe
Antonio Guterres The UN chief’s urgent call for a united international and regional response indicates that with ASEAN’s slow movement,
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Activists fear for life of detained students’ union leader
Members of Aye Nandar Soe’s students’ union say they fear for her life (Supplied) Aye Nandar Soe was taken away
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Arts & Culture
NUG Urges Boycott of Myanmar Coup Leader Family Businesses
Feature: Family photo of Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) has urged
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Art Association brings life to land covered in red
Logansport Art Association Adviser Barb Hanlon looks through some of the work on display at the association’s exhibit on pieces
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Meet one of the artists making work to resist Myanmar’s military junta
Bart Was Not Here pictured in front of two of his artworks displayed at the Place du Palais-Royal, Paris, September
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Myanmar actor who backed anti-coup protests arrested as junta hunts 120 celebrities amid crackdown on dissent
In this 4 April, 2021, file photo, young demonstrators participate in an anti-coup mask strike in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo via
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Education News
Junta reportedly eyeing November reopening of schools
People in Mandalay protest against a ‘dark age of education’ under the military on March 22 (EPA) Striking teachers dismiss
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In Mizoram, Myanmar’s children find refuge and school
Myanmar students in Government Thanchhuma High School in Farkawn village | Photo – Special Arrangement Nestled in the rocky lap
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Myanmar military govt announces reopening of schools from June 1, but teachers, students continue protests
File photo: Myanmar military chief According to Kyodo News, a number of teachers and others engaged in education have joined
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Thousands suspended at Myanmar universities as junta targets education
Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute and chant slogan during the demonstration against the military coup in the rain at
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