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Deciding the future of the ‘Karen Revolution’

The coup has exposed fractures in the Karen National Union, with high-ranking members publicly disagreeing on how involved the group should be in anti-military resistance. An upcoming congress could determine the direction of one of Myanmar’s most influential ethnic armed groups.

BY Frontier

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TotalEnergies to leave Myanmar over human rights abuses

The French energy giant pulls out after expressing support for targeted sanctions against Myanmar's state-run oil and gas firm

BY AFP & Frontier

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Border delays turn export outlook sour for watermelon

Watermelon growers and traders were profiting handsomely from exports to China until border trade was decimated by Beijing’s zero-tolerance approach to fighting COVID-19.

BY Frontier

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Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

When the Myanmar military reopened the nation’s schools in November, millions of students found themselves forced to choose between maintaining the boycott of state services and losing even more of their education.

BY Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Shwe Mann hits back against USDP expulsion

Shwe Mann says he has acted in the public interest by working with the new NLD-led government but remained loyal to the USDP to the end, despite his removal as party chairman last year.

BY Hein Ko Soe, Nyan Hlaing Lynn & Sean Gleeson

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Gambira convicted on immigration offences in Mandalay

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BY Sean Gleeson

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Shwe Mann criticises move to oust him from USDP

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BY Oliver Slow & Hein Ko Soe

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With an eye to reform, USDP to hold annual conference in July

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BY Htun Khaing & Mratt Kyaw Thu

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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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