A farmer checks Facebook on his smartphone on March 16, shortly before the military regime cut mobile internet across Myanmar. (AFP)
A farmer checks Facebook on his smartphone on March 16, shortly before the military regime cut mobile internet across Myanmar. (AFP)

‘Any news from the internet?’: Fear and rumour in villages forced offline

With most internet access cut, one Frontier reporter struggles to keep their Ayeyarwady Region village informed while dictating stories to editors in Yangon by phone.

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