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‘We have nothing to rely on but Allah’: Meiktila’s Muslims see little hope in election

Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.

BY Swe Lei Mon

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‘We have nothing to rely on but Allah’: Meiktila’s Muslims see little hope in election

BY Swe Lei Mon

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Hard talk or hate speech? Outlet spreads disinformation and bigotry under guise of political commentary

The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.

BY Andrew Nachemson, Phone Htet Naung & Banyar Kyaw

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Bangladesh delays plan to shift Rohingya to remote island

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Acacia becomes Myanmar’s plantation tree of choice

A variety of acacia from Australasia is becoming the preferred choice for commercial plantations, including those planned as part of a reforestation project.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

Culture

'The court martial': A short story by Letyar Tun

A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years. After waging war in the ethnic states, it is in the then-capital, Yangon, during the 1988 national uprising, where soldier Nyo Aung is compelled to question the authority of those above and accept responsibility for his own.

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The court martial’: A short story by Letyar Tun

A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years.

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Orchid documentation empowers women in Kayin State

A project to document orchids in a conflict-hit area of Kayin State has uncovered almost 100 rare species – and some unknown varieties – while also encouraging women to take on leadership roles in their communities.

BY Victoria Milko

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Amal Clooney appeals to Aung San Suu Kyi for reporters' release

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Myanmar’s disappearing doors

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Amal Clooney appeals to Aung San Suu Kyi for reporters’ release

Prominent human rights lawyer Ms Amal Clooney appealed to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar.

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Bizfeed, Business

KBZ Bank to finance the restoration of Yangon’s Secretariat

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Opinion

2020 Election, News, Opinion

The NLD needs to re-think its assumptions about land

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What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

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Fever dream: inside a Yangon fever clinic at the epicentre of the pandemic

News Feed, 2020 Election, Opinion

Political violence a threat to Myanmar’s election

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Podcast: rape and domestic violence rise amid the pandemic

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Podcast: Chin State communities afraid to vote

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Podcast: Tamu man says he and grandson beaten, tortured by police

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Podcast: COVID Confusion

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Volume 6, Issue 12

October 22, 2020

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What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

Kyaw Myint is just the tiniest tip of a very large iceberg of criminal activity in Myanmar’s business community, but as long as you steer clear of politics you’re unlikely to get caught.

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Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.

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