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The formation of the SCEF: Another acronym enters the mix

This edition of Political Insider looks at whether the newly formed Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union can bring greater coordination and direction to Myanmar’s resistance movement.

BY Frontier

Slow grind: Thailand’s refugee right-to-work scheme struggles to find its feet

Myanmar refugees have been deterred by harsh farm work in eastern Thailand, far from the camps and their families, but aid workers say more job options will become available as bureaucracy is eased and more employers hear of the programme.

BY Frontier

‘I felt like I was close to dying’: Few options for domestic abuse victims

Women in Myanmar seeking to escape violent husbands face numerous obstacles, including lack of access to advocacy groups, traditional norms that see abuse as a “husband-and-wife matter,” and complex, expensive divorce procedures.

BY Frontier

‘She had lost all hope here’: Increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees risk dangerous sea crossings

Deteriorating conditions in Bangladesh’s refugee camps are pushing more Rohingya into the hands of human traffickers in the hope of finding a better life in Malaysia or Indonesia.

BY Frontier

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A panacea for the economy?

There’s been a broadly positive response to the new Myanmar Investment Law, which levels the playing field between domestic and foreign investors and seeks the accelerated development of targeted areas and economic sectors.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Still making amends’: Haunted life for Myanmar’s child soldiers

In major cities such as Yangon and Mandalay, military recruiters are known to target poor and vulnerable boys who they threaten, drug or tempt with promises of well-paying jobs.

BY AFP

World Bank economist: ‘It’s important to sustain strong and inclusive growth’

Frontier speaks to Sudhir Shetty, the World Bank chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific, about Myanmar's new Investment Law.

BY Frontier

Fighting the odds on Gideon Hill

In the remote mountains of Kachin State, a crack force holds on to a strategic outpost in the face of heavy Tatmadaw offensives aimed at cutting the KIA territory into two sections.

BY Frontier & Frontier

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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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