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The people’s grief and their right to closure

Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.

By Oliver Slow

Features

The people’s grief and their right to closure

By Oliver Slow

Opinion

The myth of ‘coalition government’

Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.

By Ben Dunant

Culture

Dubious legends

A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.

By Myint Myat Thu

အစိုးရဌာနများအတွင်း အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တားဆီးရေးအတွက် တားဆီးရေးအဖွဲ့များဖွဲ့ရန် သမ္မတခွင့်ပြု

အစိုးရဝန်ကြီးဌာနများနှင့် အခြားသောဌာနများအတွင်း ပျံ့နှံ့နေသည့် အဂတိလိုက်စားမှုများကို တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေး အတွက် အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေးအဖွဲ့များကို သမ္မတဦးဝင်းမြင့်က ဖွဲ့စည်းခွင့်ပြုလိုက်သည်။

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Kachin youth activists handed prison sentences for ‘defaming’ the Tatmadaw

Three Kachin youth activists who led anti-war protests earlier this year in Myitkyina were each sentenced on Friday to six months in prison and fined K500,000.

By Ye Mon

News Feed, News

Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in ‘acute need’: UNHCR

Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned.

By AFP

News, Affairs, Features

The refugee from Taungpyo

In early October 2016, Rohingya USDP member Ko Win Kyaing had high hopes for a better life… but now wonders whether he will be able to return home to Myanmar.

By Mratt Kyaw Thu

News Feed, News

Information minister rebuts allegations of deteriorating press freedom, accuses watchdogs of bias

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By Sann Oo

News Feed, News

Episode 56: Interview with May Sabe Phyu

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By Win Zar Ni Aung

News, Affairs, Business, Features

Zero budget, zero benefit?

A big increase in visitors from China has sparked rising concern over zero budget tours, including their reliance on coercive sales techniques and unlicensed travel guides.

By Ye Mon

Photo Essays, News, Affairs, Features

The artery of Yangon

Ambitious plans are being made for a pipeline in Yangon that plays a vital role in the communities through which it passes, and not only because it carries water.

By Eva Hirschi

News Feed, News

Details of alleged bribery heard in Yangon judicial corruption case

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By Ye Mon

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 6

July 27, 2020

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Out of the wild: Myanmar’s controversial plan to harvest endangered species

Legalising commercial farming of rare species will undercut poachers, says Myanmar’s Forest Department, but conservationists expect the move to lead to increased demand.

Editorial, Opinion

The military’s business is all of our business

When the military enters the business arena, it needs to play by the same rules as everyone else.

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