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Burma’s mangroves in danger of extinction
Thick mangrove forests once lined Burma’s coastline, but in the past 30 years over half of the country’s mangrove forests have been destroyed.
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Summer beach boosts local businesses
Thousands of visitors from Rangoon and the Irrawaddy region head to Yankinthar beach to escape the summer heat – and it’s bringing unexpected job opportunities for the local farmers.
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A love story for 21st century Burma
Myo Min Htet and Tin Ko Ko talk about coming out as a gay couple publicly in Burma, and how the surrounding press interest exaggerated their story.
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Rural teachers push for educational reform
As 70 percent of Burma’s population live in rural areas, teachers in rural schools feel that education reform should ensure they get better training and opportunities to obtain masters degrees.
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Their hands, our future
A campaign called, “Their Hands, Our Future” has been set up in Rangoon to raise awareness for children whose parents cannot afford to send them to school.
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Life among the logs
Whole families are working day and night in Rangoon’s logging ports, husking the bark from logs to sell as firewood.
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Magway’s oil rush
Thousands of farmers in central Burma ‘s Magway division are selling their land and cattle to join the region’s oil rush.
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It’s a knock out
With the SEA Games on the horizon, traditional Burmese boxers are calling on the government to do more to promote the sport internationally.
Burma’s elders forced onto the streets
In Rangoon, the high cost of living has forced more and more people onto the streets to beg – and increasingly many of them are elderly.
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Burma’s traditional lanterns lose out to Chinese versions
Traditional lantern makers are going out of business as people flock to by factory-made lanterns ahead of Thadingyut festival.
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The ability of the disabled
Nearly 10 percent of all disabled people in Burma are currently attending high school, but their chances of getting jobs when they leave and leading independent lives are slim.
Rangoon property boom squeezes out low-income workers
As Burma’s economy begins its slow path to revival, one sector is already booming: the property market.
Unemployed graduates not benefitting from reforms
Young people in Burma are having a hard time finding jobs. Despite a wave of political and economic reforms over the last two years, young people are still not seeing[…]
