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Regime seeks economic recovery, but drops NLD reform agenda

The military regime is set to drop meaningful structural reforms from an economic recovery plan initiated by the former National League for Democracy government, and is instead promising to slash red tape in a bid to shore up collapsing business confidence.

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Channelling hate and disinformation: Myanmar’s bad actors move to Telegram

Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.

BY Andrew Nachemson

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‘Workers have lost all their rights’: Coup and third wave leave factory workers at risk

Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.

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Justice in the balance as UN considers recognition question

The United Nations is set to consider whether to recognise the military regime or National Unity Government, and its decision could have major implications for a genocide case before the International Court of Justice.

BY Andrew Nachemson

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Myanmar’s invisible prosecutors: their powers and the pressures they face

The “law officers” who prosecute criminal cases in Myanmar should be important players in determining which cases go to trial, but their role – and the informal pressures they face to either drop or proceed with charges – receive little public scrutiny.

BY Ye Mon

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‘Tip of the iceberg’: finance minister pledges to address illicit trade

Smuggling is costing the government heavily in lost revenue; poor enforcement means that for every 5,000 cans of beer brought into the country illegally, only one is seized.

BY Thomas Kean

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Volunteer ambulance crews brave bullets to save lives

Volunteers with community service ambulances in northern Shan State are taking big risks to help others in conflict zones – and sometimes pay with their lives.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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Thousands evicted as Kayin govt cracks down on armed group-linked housing project

An officer in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army is in custody over a housing project in Myawaddy Township that has left several thousand people out of pocket.

BY Naw Betty Han

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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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