Daw Myint is Bamar (Burmese) and U Aung Ming is Karen. Despite the ethnic difference and historical rivalry between the two groups, the couple have been happily married for nearly 40 years.
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Swiss school system brightens futures in Myanmar
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The hall plunges into darkness for the second time within minutes, but everyone stays calm. The students are used to power cuts. A generator starts up, light returns and the lesson can continue. This class has gathered on the third floor of the Red Cross house, an old building in the centre of Yangon. In…
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Ask any local what’s the most obvious change of late and they’ll tell you: “The traffic.” The leap in the number of vehicles in recent months is a regular topic of conversation in Yangon. Packed buses and beat-up cars take up every inch of the newly upgraded streets of the Myanmar capital, driving even on the…
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