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If a quake strikes, what would your family do?
Roy HamricCategory: NewsFeaturesA quake can hit at any time - People clear the debris at their house in TaBaitGine Township, Mandalay Division, Myanmar, 12 November 2012. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPAWe...
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Myanmar and California quake threats similar
Roy HamricCategory: NewsFeaturesCalifornia is well prepared when considering earthquake awareness and training.The earthquake threat in California is little different from that posed by the Sagaing...
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Where are the women in Myanmar’s peace process?
Thin Lei WinMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesNang Raw Zakhung, a female activist from conflict-torn Kachin State Photo: Khon Ja/FacebookWomen have been consistently excluded from Myanmar’s peace...
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City growth could mean more quake casualties
Marc JacobCategory: NewsFeaturesIn Tarlay, the earthquake killed at least 47 people and destroyed 80 percent of the homes. Photo: MizzimaIf a major earthquake hits and you are living in a bamboo hut,...
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In Myanmar’s dry zone, a unique forest and deer species are under threat
Htet Khaung LinnMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesA small museum showcases some stuffed versions of the roughly 1,500 species of wildlife in Chatthin sanctuary. (Credit: Htet Khaung Linn/Myanmar Now) In...
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Quakes don’t kill, unsafe buildings do
Roy HamricCategory: NewsFeaturesPhoto: Hong Sar/MizzimaEvery good Boy Scout learns – be prepared. The lesson holds true for earthquakes in Myanmar.As Mizzima pointed out in an earlier story about...
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The need to understand the risk
Paul KeenanCategory: NewsFeaturesA home in Tarlay flattened by the quake. Photo: MizzimaMyanmar is exposed to a number of natural disasters and has a World Risk Index Ranking of 42/173 and Global...
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Yangon gridlock: solutions elusive as traffic chokes city
Htet Khaung LinnEh Hser WahMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesTraffic congestion on Anawrahta Road in downtown Yangon. Photo: MizzimaThan Htwe lives in Hlaing Tharyar, a sprawling township 20 km west of...
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Gold mining, conflict threaten Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake
Htet Khaung LinnMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesMore than 97 bird species can be found in the Indawgyi Lake in Kachin State. (Photo: Htet Khaung Linn/Myanmar Now)Khaung Tong Creek was a 1.5-meter...
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Unlocking the DNA of doubt
Bangkok PostCategory: NewsFeaturesMyanmar migrant workers, who are accused of the killing two two British tourists, Zaw Lin (R) and Wai Phyo (L) are escorted by a Thai police officer after they were...
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Kachin displaced pin their hopes on new NLD government
Thin Lei WinMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesA group of women sewing traditional Kachin headgear to earn income at the Zi Un displacement camp in Myitkyina on Jan 7, 2016. The task is painstaking - it...
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Preparing for disaster
Myanmar is lifting its game on earthquake preparations with initiatives that seek to make new buildings ‘quake-proof’Jaiden CoonanCategory: NewsFeaturesWorkers search for survivors near the collapsed...
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A Kachin leader’s legacy lives on through his daughter
Thin Lei WinMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesJa Seng Hkawn at her riverside home in Myitkyina. (PHOTO:- Thin Lei Win/Myanmar Now) For much of the first 20 years of her life, Maran Ja Seng Hkawn was...
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Though few in number, ethnic MPs are hopeful about new Parliament
Connor MacdonaldPhyo Thiha ChoMyanmar NowCategory: Latest NewsPoliticsNewsFeaturesHtoo May (PHOTO: Connor Macdonald/ Myanmar Now)The faces of Myanmar’s new Parliament, when it convenes in Napyitaw on...
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Myanmar’s all-powerful ‘GAD’ a challenge to new government
Phyo Thiha ChoMyanmar NowCategory: Latest NewsPoliticsNewsFeaturesA General Administration Department office in Kyauktada township in downtown Yangon. (Photo: Phyo Thiha Cho/Myanmar Now)Despite its...
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Myanmar ‘is losing its beaches,’ report claims
MizzimaCategory: Latest NewsNewsFeaturesSand-mining at Ngapali beach. Photo: MizzimaBooming construction fuels sand mining, and threatens coastal environment and tourism, writes Denise Hruby in Earth...
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Myanmar’s Tamil community works to maintain their culture
Morley J WestonCategory: Latest NewsLifeNewsFeaturesTamils celebrate Thaipusam in Yangon. Photo: Katri HeinamakiFolk history holds that the names Burma and Myanmar come from the name of the deity...
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Scarred by trafficking abuses, Rohingya stay put in Myanmar camps
Thin Lei WinMyanmar NowCategory: NewsFeaturesThai soldiers secure the area next to shelters after discovering another abandoned jungle camp believed used by the human traffickers to detain Rohingya...
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Rapid migration and lack of cheap housing fuels Yangon slum growth
Connor MacdonaldPhyo Thiha ChoCategory: Latest NewsNewsFeaturesA typical hostel in downtown Yangon. Photo: Myanmar NowEi Cho Khine once had dreams of becoming a tour guide. As a student back in her...
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The Yangon of the future? Slums and gated communities side by side
Connor MacdonaldPhyo Thiha ChoMyanmar NowCategory: Latest NewsNewsFeaturesPoor slums are springing up in the suburbs of Yangon. (Photo: Connor Macdonald/Myanmar Now)Sitting in a tea-shop next door to...
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