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US Investment Could Fuel Problems, Say Burma Activists

Economic development can help internal transitions better than otherwise. With it, the country will have more capacity to promote important social sectors. A better educated and healthier population provide a better work force in building essential infrastructure for this nation. Thus investment should be welcomed while the government and people are working to solve these decades-old problems. While having this opportunity, everyone involved should work towards the long-term solutions, as education in ethnic areas among them. Of course, the government will have to make sure that the incoming investment is responsible and has a sustainable positive impact on either the infrastructure or human resources of the nation.

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Protesting Farmers Charged with Trespassing

Organize and fight for your rights. Saya San would have been proud of these farmers. Our people certainly waste no time in seizing the opportunity to air their grievances and stand up for themselves in this newly permissive climate that came into being in order to suit the military-crony ruling class’s own agenda touting for more business. Kudos to those activists and lawyers who get involved on the side of the toilers of the land who after all provide our staple diet. A nationwide farmers’ union needs to evolve from these humble beginnings.

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Rohingya Plight Highlighted in London

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