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Ten-year-old Lana Azizieh, a fifth grader at Clinton Elementary School, said that before she came to the United States two years ago, she didn’t know English. “Now I’m really good at English,” she said, noting that she loves math, but not so much reading. “I like to read graphic novels, but mostly I’m not reading graphic novels (in school) so there are just words, words, words. I get tired of ...

Ten-year-old Lana Azizieh, a fifth grader at Clinton Elementary School, said that before she came to the United States two years ago, she didn’t know English. “Now I’m really good at English,” she said, noting that she loves math, but not so much reading. “I like to read graphic novels, but mostly I’m not reading graphic novels (in school) so there are just words, words, words. I get tired of ...

Ten-year-old Lana Azizieh, a fifth grader at Clinton Elementary School, said that before she came to the United States two years ago, she didn’t know English. “Now I’m really good at English,” she said, noting that she loves math, but not so much reading. “I like to read graphic novels, but mostly I’m not reading graphic novels (in school) so there are just words, words, words. I get tired of ...

25 years ago this week, India’s army crushed an incipient Rakhine separatist force in the Andaman Islands. In western Myanmar, memories of the incident linger.

Over the last decade, Myanmar people gradually gained confidence that their hard-earned cash was safe if they deposited it in the bank, rather than literally hiding it under their bed, as many had done in the past.

Over the last decade, Myanmar people gradually gained confidence that their hard-earned cash was safe if they deposited it in the bank, rather than literally hiding it under their bed, as many had done in the past.

Reports suggest the official may have died from injuries sustained in the attack.

One central township has power for only 8 hours a day.

AP Photo The decision by a Norwegian telecommunications firm to pull out of Myanmar following the junta’s Feb. 1 coup d’état will deal a blow to the country’s already struggling economy and grant the military significantly more control over the privacy of its citizens, according to experts. On July 8, Norway’s Telenor Telecommunications Co. announced that it plans to sell all of its existing services in Myanmar to Lebanese firm M1 Group. Telenor chief executive Sigve Brek...

Banks now set limits on amounts that can be withdrawn, as the Central Bank makes fewer disbursements and ATMs run short of cash.