More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
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More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.
BY Frontier
An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly airstrike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.
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An American immigration lawyer writes about the challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees from Myanmar in Battle Creek, Michigan.
For Muslim communities in rural Mandalay Region, the right to vote is at the mercy of exclusionary laws and a bureaucracy steeped in discrimination.
The new air suspension train between Yangon and Mawlamyine is leagues above Myanmar’s outdated status quo.
In 2016, Ko Ye Win Tun saw a man walk above the clouds on YouTube. Inspired by a professional slackliner, he now wants to popularise the sport in Myanmar.
Rohingya will continue to languish in camps in Bangladesh until there is a change of attitude by key stakeholders, including the Tatmadaw and Dhaka.
In an effort to reach a deal before the election, negotiators have neglected one of the most important issues in the peace process.
The fast-tracking of a Chinese company’s proposal to invest tens of millions in the Kayah State capital has angered activists, politicians and armed groups.
Frontier’s Kaung Hset Naing talks to the vice-chair of the Arakan Front Party about the election, and the Rakhine party's dream of self-determination.
People displaced in northern Shan State are hoping that the November 8 election will be their last in the camps they would rather not be calling home.
BY Hein Thar
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