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‘I thought it was over for us’: Civilians trapped in the crossfire in Bago

A regime attack on a resistance-held village tract in Myanmar’s Bago Region in March took the lives of dozens, while anti-junta fighters had to make tough decisions to protect civilians.

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Growing pains: Shan farmers seek alternatives to opium

Farmers in southern Shan State who once profited from opium cultivation are now facing falling prices, rising production costs and labour shortages, but switching to alternative crops poses major challenges.

BY Frontier

Starlink troopers: Myanmar’s internet dilemma

This edition of Political Insider looks at the use of Starlink by various factions in the country, amid fears that service shutdowns aimed at scam centres might also affect civilians and resistance groups.

BY Frontier

‘They shattered my dignity’: Rape victims feel abandoned by indifferent justice system

Victims of sexual violence committed by members of the resistance in central Myanmar are often neglected, with security constraints, inefficient justice mechanisms and victim-blaming preventing accountability.

BY Frontier

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Call me Mi: Ethnic groups celebrate honorifics victory

Mon, Karen, and Pa-O can now add their traditional ethnic titles to official documents, which ethnic leaders consider a small step away from decades of “Burmanisation”.

BY Lawi Weng

The mystery man behind the Shwe Kokko project

The main investor in a controversial Kayin State mega project is an expatriate Chinese businessman who has a built a commercial empire in Southeast Asia by fudging connections with the Chinese state.

BY Andrew Nachemson

Stranded at sea, stuck at home: Seafarers weather storm of uncertainty

COVID-19 travel restrictions have stranded thousands of Myanmar seafarers abroad, while thousands more are languishing at home and eager to return to work.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

COVID-19 pushes rural Myanmar towards moneylenders

Desperate for cash and low on work, rural households are turning to high-interest loans from informal moneylenders as microfinance companies are forced to cut back on credit.

BY Ye Mon

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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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