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Brothers torn apart: As TNLA grows stronger, tensions rise in northern Shan

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army and Kachin Independence Army have fought side by side for decades, but recent abuses against civilians underscore how communal relations in northern Shan State are shifting as the Ta’ang armed group grows ever stronger.

BY Lawi Weng

magazine, News Feed, Backpage, Features

Twelve days a suspect

Accommodations for suspected COVID-19 patients at the East Yangon General Hospital are far from five-star, but it’s hard to complain about your material conditions when.

BY Naw Betty Han

News Feed, 2020 Election, News Feed, News, Features

Coordinated behaviour: Inside the USDP’s well-paid army of social media monitors

The Tatmadaw-backed opposition party has hired a team of young, tech-savvy researchers to monitor what is said about the party online.

BY Naw Betty Han

News Feed, 2020 Election, Uncategorized, News, Features

Fighting lies, defending speech on the election battlefield

Myanmar became an infamous example of disinformation run amok during the violent Rohingya crisis in 2017. With November’s election fast approaching, has Facebook learned its lesson?

BY Andrew Nachemson, Banyar Kyaw & Phone Htet Naung

Bringing the Rohingya home

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Features

Who gets to vote?

For Muslim communities in rural Mandalay Region, the right to vote is at the mercy of exclusionary laws and a bureaucracy steeped in discrimination.

BY Pyae Sone Aung

Features, Culture

One man’s quest to bring slacklining to Myanmar

In 2016, Ko Ye Win Tun saw a man walk above the clouds on YouTube. Inspired by a professional slackliner, he now wants to popularise the sport in Myanmar.

BY Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe

Business, Features

The scrap over Loikaw’s industrial zone

The fast-tracking of a Chinese company’s proposal to invest tens of millions in the Kayah State capital has angered activists, politicians and armed groups.

BY Htin Lynn Aung & Ei Ei Toe Lwin

Features

‘We are ready to govern our state’

Frontier’s Kaung Hset Naing talks to the vice-chair of the Arakan Front Party about the election, and the Rakhine party's dream of self-determination.

BY Kaung Hset Naing