Scams, casinos and high-rises: The BBC visits a bizarre city in a war zone
Just trees, a few roughly-built cement buildings, and a long-running civil war which has left this area of Myanmar one of the poorest places on earth. But today, on this spot along the border with ...
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From fighting disease to protecting the Amazon rainforest, USAID has big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has drawn widespread ...
What Is USAID and What Impact Does It Have Across the Globe?
The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.
Power cut to site of global, billion-dollar scam industry. But will it halt the swindling?
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center ...
Third attempt to auction off the home of Myanmar's ousted Aung San Suu Kyi fails to draw any bidders
A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been unsuccessful ...
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Myanmar junta bid to sell Suu Kyi mansion flops for third time
Myanmar's junta failed in its attempt to auction Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside mansion on Wednesday, with no bids submitted for ...
'We are being slaughtered': Rohingya boys forced to fight on both sides of Myanmar's civil war
Four years after Myanmar’s military coup sparked gunfighting, torture, rape and arson in Rakhine state, young Rohingya men ...
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Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages
Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it ...
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Myanmar’s Military Junta Extends State of Emergency For Seventh Time
The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...
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Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup
Myanmar four years on from a military coup. "I need power supply to use in night, to use computer for my business and to use ...
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Ongoing strife in Myanmar, 4 years after its coup
Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...