Khun Yam

Khun Yam formerly worked as a journalist at The People's Voice Media. He studied at the Center for Myanmar Media Development (CMMD), Mandalay Journalism School (MJS) and the Myanmar Jounalism Institute (MJI).

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Torn apart: the toll of forced recruitment

Forced recruitment in conflict areas is tearing families apart, although ethnic armed groups insist that all their recruits are volunteers.

BY Khun Yam

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Toil and pain at the Dala ‘boat graveyard’

On the river bank at Dala, across from downtown Yangon, teams of men known as “gravediggers” toil at hard, dangerous work to salvage timber from old fishing boats.

BY Khun Yam

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

News Feed, News

Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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