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Letter to my parents in Burma

A poem about home, family and exile by Than Toe Aung.

A taste of home: Myanmar restaurants blossom in Chiang Mai

A wave of new arrivals has spurred demand for Myanmar food in the northern Thai city, but budding restaurateurs face legal barriers and increased overheads, as well as trauma and survivor’s guilt.

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‘Back to the Dark Ages’: The regime’s publishing clampdown

After a decade of relative freedom, Myanmar’s military junta has turned back the clock by banning books, shutting down publishing houses and creating an atmosphere of fear that encourages self-censorship.

BY Frontier

Sellouts and false prophets: Cinema in the Myanmar revolution

The coup is worsening the long-standing tendency to judge cultural output – and film in particular – based on moral convictions.

BY Frontier

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Shan State’s sacred caves marred by modernity

Two popular pilgrimage sites in Shan State have been tainted by the touch of man.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Adventures in the bone cave

Residents of a village in Chin State are using the remains of their animist ancestors as playthings.

BY Joshua Carroll

The Burmese Sherlock Holmes

Nationalist writer Shwe U Daung adapted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous literary creation and transported him to Rangoon in the 1930s to espouse his political views.

BY Oliver Slow

Thangyat reloaded

After being banned for nearly 30 years, the tradition of performing satirical songs during Thingyan is enjoying a revival as a new generation mocks the authorities.

BY Verena Hölzl

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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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.

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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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