Doh Athan May 28, 2026 Growing Crisis: Few Alternatives for Shan Opium Farmers As demand for opium drops, farmers in Shan State are finding the harvests to be less profitable than they once were, but they also face challenges growing and selling alternative crops.
Doh Athan May 18, 2026 Surveillance state: Myanmar’s digital war A brutal digital crackdown is underway in Myanmar, with the junta tracking SIMs, scanning faces, banning VPNs and turning technology into a weapon of total control – yet resistance persists in the shadows.
Doh Athan March 27, 2026 Women targeted in Myanmar: Gender-based violence in the digital age Have you ever felt uncomfortable because of a message or comment on your phone? Criticism and insults are common on social media and they are often used to threaten, taunt or harm, in a form of technology-based violence that is intimidating and psychologically damaging.
Doh Athan March 16, 2026 Under fire: A nurse on the frontlines of Myanmar’s revolution To mark International Women’s Day, Doh Athan talked to a young volunteer medic in Sagaing Region who has treated people under constant threat of airstrikes. Despite loss, fear and hardship, she is determined to serve on the frontlines of Myanmar’s revolution.
Doh Athan January 7, 2026 Sacrifice At 17, Saw Kaung Myat was shot while fighting against the Myanmar junta, while his two brothers were killed and his mother is a wanted activist. Now undocumented refugees in Thailand, they live in constant fear of being forced back to the regime they sacrificed so much to oppose.
Doh Athan January 5, 2026 Central Myanmar residents reject junta’s election Residents of rural areas in the Dry Zone controlled by resistance forces have been vocal about their opposition to the regime’s election, and even those living in towns under the watchful eyes of the junta show little interest in voting.
Doh Athan December 23, 2025 Myanmar’s public hospitals are failing their patients Myanmar’s government-run hospitals have been facing dire medicine, equipment and staffing shortages since the 2021 coup, and they are passing the burden of these shortfalls on to poor people who are most in need of low-cost healthcare.
Doh Athan December 18, 2025 Rebuilding lives, stitch by stitch After fleeing Myanmar, some members of the Civil Disobedience Movement against the military regime are turning to handmade crafts and new small businesses to create a new future, one stitch at a time.
