The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
BY Frontier
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.
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In an effort to reach a deal before the election, negotiators have neglected one of the most important issues in the peace process.
The fast-tracking of a Chinese company’s proposal to invest tens of millions in the Kayah State capital has angered activists, politicians and armed groups.
Frontier’s Kaung Hset Naing talks to the vice-chair of the Arakan Front Party about the election, and the Rakhine party's dream of self-determination.
People displaced in northern Shan State are hoping that the November 8 election will be their last in the camps they would rather not be calling home.
BY Hein Thar
Months before the US allowed the use of convalescent plasma in emergency COVID-19 care, Myanmar had already provided the treatment to eight patients.
BY Frontier
The delayed reopening of monastic boarding schools has parents in conflict-affected areas in dread and fear for their children’s lives.
BY Hein Thar
If the government really wants to introduce a fair framework for defamation, it needs to overhaul or replace all six related laws.
BY Frontier
More than 90 people have been charged under the law since the National League for Democracy came to power in 2015.
If the Arakan Army wishes to be seen as revolutionaries instead of terrorists, it must stop arbitrarily abducting civilians, two Chin activists write.
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