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Kachin public calls on KIO to address gold mining crisis

Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.

BY Emily Fishbein, Jauman Naw & Jaw Tu Hkawng

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Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh rally to ‘go home’

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations on Sunday demanding repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago.

BY AFP

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Under pressure: why Yangon’s groundwater is slipping out of reach

Over-extraction of groundwater was already a problem before the coup but experts say it is likely to worsen in the years ahead due to stalled policies and laws, and lack of investment in much-needed infrastructure.

BY Frontier

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Rigging the system: the junta’s PR makeover

After suffering successive humiliating election defeats, the military is rewriting the rules in a bid to legitimise its illegal coup – but will anybody take the bait?

BY Andrew Nachemson & Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Myanmar violence may have killed more than 1,000: UN rapporteur

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BY AFP

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Better understanding needed of Ma Ba Tha, urges think tank

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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Former child soldier punished for speaking out

The recent arrest of a man who gave an interview about his past as a child soldier has brought the issue to a wider audience but also raised fears about the military’s commitment to ending underage recruitment.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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Only refugees with ‘proof’ of citizenship will return: govt

National Security Adviser U Thaung Tun says the government will only allow those who can prove citizenship and residence to return from Bangladesh.

BY Su Myat 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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