The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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Myanmar became an infamous example of disinformation run amok during the violent Rohingya crisis in 2017. With November’s election fast approaching, has Facebook learned its lesson?
Paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a blob of tree resin in Myanmar 100 million years ago.
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China has locked down a city on the border with Myanmar after a handful of infections were detected there.
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As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly the government has cut the facility quarantine period by a week to free up space and save money, as new research shows most patients are no longer infectious after two weeks.
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Hundreds of Rohingya paid traffickers for a one-week trip from Bangladesh to Malaysia to escape squalid refugee camps. Instead, they suffered more than 200 days of terror on the high seas.
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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The new air suspension train between Yangon and Mawlamyine is leagues above Myanmar’s outdated status quo.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.
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