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

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The downward spiral of government-media relations

Government-media relations are locked in a vicious cycle. To break it, the government must stop treating journalists as threats to be managed and instead consider them partners in deepening democracy.

BY Ben Dunant

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Rape, denial and Tatmadaw ‘chivalry’

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BY Geoffrey Goddard

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ကွဲပြားသည့်ရှုမြင်ပုံများကြားက ကမ္ဘာ့တရားရုံးရောက် မြန်မာ့အရေး

နိုဘယ်ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးဆုရှင် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်သည် နယ်သာလန်နိုင်ငံ၊ သည်ဟိတ်ဂ်မြို့၌ အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာတရားရုံးကြားနာပွဲများကို မြန်မာနိုင်ငံကိုယ်စား ဦးဆောင်နေသည်။ ယင်းသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာကို အဖတ်ဆယ်ခြင်းဖြစ်နိုင်သကဲ့သို့ ၎င်း၏ပုံရိပ်ကိုလည်း ပြန်လည်မွမ်းမံခြင်းဖြစ်နိုင်သည်ဖြစ်ရာ နိုင်ငံတကာသုံးသပ်သူများနှင့် ပြည်တွင်းရှိ လူထုအကြားတွင် အမြင်အမျိုးမျိုး ဖြစ်ပေါ်လျက်ရှိသည်။

BY Lun Min Mang & Andrew Nachemson

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Aung San Suu Kyi told to ‘stop the genocide’ in UN court showdown

State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi faced calls for Myanmar to "stop the genocide" of Rohingya Muslims as she personally led her country's defence at the UN's top court on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh starts fencing Rohingya camps

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Aung San Suu Kyi told to 'stop the genocide' in UN court showdown

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The exile who warned of ‘genocide’

A Myanmar academic living overseas can claim a prominent role in getting Myanmar to answer genocide charges at an international court.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the ICJ: national honour or international disgrace?

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BY Andrew Nachemson & Lun Min Mang

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Children find sanctuary from conflict in the Sangha

Parents in conflict-torn regions are sending their children to monastic schools in Yangon, where they can be educated in safety but also often lose connection to their homelands.

BY Hein Thar

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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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