Doh Athan

Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

Many Myanmar migrants in Thailand have access to social welfare and health insurance systems. But those working in the palm oil plantations of southern Thailand face high injury risks, with little health or compensation support.

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Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

There are no reliable figures available for how many fighters have been killed or injured on all sides since the military coup in 2021. But while there’s a support system in place for disabled Myanmar army soldiers, what help is available for resistance fighters?

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Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

If you had to flee conflict suddenly, where would you go? Some families from southern Rakhine State have seen little option but to flee to Yangon. But they’re finding life as urban internally displaced people in the big city very difficult.

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Young women fleeing conscription making ‘impressive’ PDF soldiers

More Myanmar young women are joining the resistance forces since the military regime announced it would enforce the conscription law. Doh Athan met some recent People’s Defence Force trainees in the jungle near the Thai border.

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CDM numbers shrink as participants face obstacles in work, travel and life

The Civil Disobedience Movement was at the heart of the initial resistance to the military coup in Myanmar. But the numbers of workers in the CDM are shrinking as authorities continue to make their lives extremely difficult.

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Naga SAZ residents helpless as post-coup healthcare systems collapse

People living in the Naga mountains have never had great access to health care. But since the coup, locals say services have deteriorated drastically and the regime has cut off a vital communications network used in medical emergencies.

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Yangon squatters living in trash and afraid to speak out

Who would accept money to turn their yard into a garbage dump? And how did plastic from Poland end up in Yangon? Find out more in this week's podcast.

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Bawdwin Mine workers say conditions worse since the coup

Imagine working in a metal mine - in dark, dirty and dangerous conditions. You’d want to be paid well and have good health care facilities, right? For workers in the Bawdwin mine in northern Shan State these are bones of contention.

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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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