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‘Amputation was unavoidable’: Yaw fighters sacrifice for the resistance

Yaw Army fighters who participated in an offensive led by the Arakan Army against the junta in Rakhine State recount losing limbs in battle but remain steadfast in their support for the resistance.

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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

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Chicken bones and brass rings

A renowned author is pioneering inclusive tourism within the Kayan community of remote Kayah State through an internationally funded project.

BY Tiffany Teng

The crime wave that wasn’t

First-hand accounts of criminal acts spread on social media are fuelling perceptions of a crime epidemic, even though police say crime has not markedly increased.

BY Frontier

Mending troubled minds

The care available in Myanmar to treat mental illness is well-established and widespread but heavily focused on psychiatry and is only beginning to catch up with modern standards of treatment.

BY Jared Downing

With Maungdaw security in spotlight, govt walks back claims on border attack

Security forces were woefully unprepared for the October 9 attacks in northern Rakhine State, while a week later communities are in lockdown and the government has backpedalled on its earlier statements.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu & Oliver Slow

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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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