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‘Psychological violence’: Nationalist Dhamma schools make a comeback under junta

Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.

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‘Psychological violence’: Nationalist Dhamma schools make a comeback under junta

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Sexual violence in the fog of war

As regions like Sagaing plunge deeper into the chaos of Myanmar’s post-coup conflict, cases of sexual violence by both sides are on the rise and victims have few avenues to seek redress.

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Continued instability brings mixed fortunes for rice growers

Widespread conflict has had a devastating impact on paddy farmers in war zones, but the slump in production is driving up prices for farmers in more stable areas, despite new onerous export restrictions.

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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)

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Myanmar’s last generation of tattooed headhunters

Ngon Pok remembers his father and grandfather returning triumphantly to his tribal village in Myanmar's far north with a human head.

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Maldives gets Amal Clooney to fight for Rohingya at UN court

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ခမ်းနားထည်ဝါလှသောခန်းမကြီးထဲ၌ ရွှေရောင်တဖိတ်ဖိတ်တောက်နေသော “ကျိုင်း” ကိုရှေ့တွင်ထားကာ ရွှေပိန်းချထားသောထိုင်ခုံထက်တွင် ရွှေရောင်အနားကွတ်ဖိုးဖဲကတ္တီပါဝတ်စုံဖြင့် ထိုင်ပြီးတိုင်းရေးပြည်ရာများကိုဆောင်ရွက်ရသည်မှာ နိုင်ငံရေးသမားများမက်ချင်သောအိမ်မက်တစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။

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Podcast: Disabled women surviving sexual assault

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A plea for Kachin unity, as dispute creates rift

A long-running dispute over ethnic identification has created a rift within the diverse Kachin community and has prompted a prominent leader to issue an appeal for unity.

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အစိုးရစည်းမျဉ်းများကြောင့် မြန်မာ့ကျွဲနွားတင်ပို့မှု ထိခိုက်ခဲ့ရ

၂၀၁၇ ခုနှစ် အောက်တိုဘာတွင် အစိုးရက ကျွဲနွားအရှင်တင်ပို့မှုအပေါ် ပိတ်ပင်ချက်ကို ရုပ်သိမ်းခဲ့ပြီးနောက် ကျွဲနွားတင်ပို့မှုပမာဏ မြင့်တက်ခဲ့သော်လည်း စည်းမျဉ်းသစ်များချမှတ်မှုကြောင့် ကျွဲနွားအရှင် တင်ပို့မှုလုပ်ငန်း ထိခိုက်ခဲ့ရပြီဖြစ်သည်။

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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A clouded future for e-cigarettes in Myanmar

The law is vague on the status of vaping in Myanmar, and the Ministry of Health and Sports may ban e-cigarettes before changes can be made to the relevant legislation.

BY Ye Mon & Eaint Thet Su

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Wild waters: Kachin

The ninth instalment in our travel series about wild swimming spots takes us to Myanmar’s northernmost state, a land of ethnic diversity, impenetrable jungle and… tubing.

BY Dominic Horner

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Listen to my wisdom, Myanmar and America

Well, Myanmar, we’ve had some good times, but it’s time for me to leave. Hear that, America? I’m finally coming back.

BY Jared Downing

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

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The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

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

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The empire struck back: Oliver Slow’s ‘Return of the Junta’ reviewed

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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

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The house bringing joy to Myanmar migrants in Thailand

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Junta troops desecrate religious buildings in Magway by using them as barracks

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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

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The house bringing joy to Myanmar migrants in Thailand

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Junta troops desecrate religious buildings in Magway by using them as barracks

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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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