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‘We have a common enemy’: Paletwa dispute on hold but unresolved

The Arakan Army’s presence in southern Chin State has long been a source of ethnic tensions which have eased following the emergence of a common enemy after the coup, but the underlying disagreement over who should control Paletwa remains unresolved.

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‘We have a common enemy’: Paletwa dispute on hold but unresolved

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Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

With commercialism and escapism fuelling the domestic art scene, and exhibitions abroad trying to recapture the spirit of post-coup protests, many in Myanmar are deprived of work that reflects their new reality.

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Features

‘Everything was destroyed’: Families find new homes after military attacks

A charity group has responded to the military’s brutal arson campaign in Sagaing Region by building palm huts for those who lost their houses, but it’s struggling to keep up with the rate of devastation.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar is still paying the military’s debts

In the two minutes it takes you to read this editorial, Myanmar will have had to repay another $500 on its debt for the Myingyan steel mill.

BY Frontier

Opinion

China, the Arakan Army, and a Myanmar solution

Popular support in Rakhine State for the Arakan Army has been a game changer for the conflict there and is one reason why the ethnic armed group is increasingly impervious to pressure from China.

BY Yun Sun

Backpage, Opinion

I’m going, and so must everything else

After almost five years, it is time for me to leave Myanmar and sell a half decade’s worth of accumulated items.

BY Jared Downing

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Sea of meth as Myanmar army smashes three drug labs

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Podcast: Thirsty for water rights

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BY Eaint Thet Su & Win Zar Ni Aung

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Language and the schoolroom in Chin State

Some are advocating for the teaching of a single Chin language, but its adoption would hamper the development of mother-tongue education in a state where many languages are spoken.

BY Ashley South & Nicola Edwards

Features, Culture

Bowing to the Dragon Queen

Childhood visits to a shrine at the Botahtaung Pagoda provided inspiration for exquisite porcelain ceramics on show at an exhibition in Yangon.

BY Min Pyae Sone

Features, Culture

Sympathy for the precariat

In his new book The Hidden History of Burma, Thant Myint-U empathises with the marginalised, laments the harm done by Western sanctions and says the peace process is delusional.

BY Ewan Cameron

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Is constitutional reform a journey to nowhere?

Members of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw are preparing to vote on a series of amendments to the constitution but it is unlikely that any of them will be approved.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

Opinion

How internal conflict in Shan State has kept it aloof from the Spring Revolution

Opinion

The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

Opinion

The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

Doh Athan

No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

Doh Athan

The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

Doh Athan

Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

Doh Athan

Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

Doh Athan

No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

Doh Athan

The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

Doh Athan

Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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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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