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Local heroes: The people’s response to the earthquake

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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Local heroes: The people’s response to the earthquake

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Rights deferred: Citizenship reform mothballed in Myanmar

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.

BY Frontier

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‘Children are innocent’: Myanmar families in grief after school airstrike

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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On anniversary of U Ko Ni’s murder, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi calls for ‘truth’

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BY Ye Mon

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Ko Ni murder trial reaches climax

A Yangon court will soon deliver judgment against four men on trial over the killing of NLD legal adviser U Ko Ni, while the alleged mastermind remains at large.

BY Ye Mon

Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar’s zero-tolerance drug policy is doomed to fail

Myanmar is not waging a war on drugs. It is waging a war on the people who consume illicit drugs, and those who sell them in relatively small quantities.

BY Frontier

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Drug cases and the stench of dirty money

Drug cases present opportunities for some lawyers and police to pocket handsome sums while perverting the course of justice.

BY Su Myat Mon & Ye Mon

Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar's zero-tolerance drug policy is doomed to fail

Myanmar is not waging a war on drugs.

BY Frontier

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Myanmar’s first LGBT pride boat parade sets sail

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BY AFP

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A Russian Christmas in Myanmar

An intrepid American migrant attends a Christmas party at the Russian embassy. In place of sinister stereotypes, he finds J-Donuts and a blue Santa.

BY Backpage

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UN expert urges caution on Bangladesh’s Rohingya island ‘relocation’ plan

Bangladesh must not rush to relocate Rohingya refugees, a top UN rights official said, amid plans to move the community to an island vulnerable to extreme monsoon weather.

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LGBT အရေး လှုပ်ရှားမှုတွေ ပိုမို အားကောင်းလာ

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ LGBT အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းက ရင်ဆိုင်နေရတဲ့ စိန်ခေါ်မှုတွေ ရှိနေသေးပေမယ့် ပြောင်းလဲလာတဲ့ လက္ခဏာတွေလည်း ရှိနေပါတယ်။

BY Hein Ko Soe & Win Zar Ni Aung

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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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