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Controversy surrounds government’s COVID-19 relief payouts

It was perhaps inevitable that the disbursement of billions of kyat to help needy households weather the COVID-19 storm would lead to questions about administrative.

BY Ye Mon & Htin Lynn Aung

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Controversy surrounds government’s COVID-19 relief payouts

It was perhaps inevitable that the disbursement of billions of kyat to help needy households weather the COVID-19 storm would lead to questions about administrative.

BY Ye Mon & Htin Lynn Aung

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Informal ceasefire raises new hopes for Rakhine vote – and an end to fighting

Hopes are rising that elections can soon be held in the nine Rakhine State townships where voting was cancelled on November 8, but the National League for Democracy seems unconvinced.

BY Kaung Hset Naing

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Three Eleven Media journalists facing incitement charges: executive editor

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်း၏ အစိုးရအဖွဲ့က Eleven Media Group မှ သတင်းသမား ၃ ဦးကို တရားစွဲဆိုလိုက်ရာ ဝန်ကြီးချုပ်သည် မီဒီယာအပေါ် ဒုတိယအကြိမ်မြောက် ဖိနှိပ်မှု ပြုလိုက်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Depression sufferers lack safety net

A sharp increase in diagnosed cases of depression in recent years has highlighted a growing burden on underfunded government mental health services.

BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Sharon Pun

News Feed, News

Yangon govt sues Eleven Media editors over criticism of its business ventures

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Protectionism spurs Yangon liquor ban

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BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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Human Rights Commission is a shield for military violations, say CSOs

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BY Ye Mon

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Myanmar 'unwilling' to probe Rohingya abuse, UN must act: rights envoy

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BY AFP

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Myanmar ‘unwilling’ to probe Rohingya abuse, UN must act: rights envoy

Myanmar is "unable and unwilling" to investigate its abuses against Rohingya Muslims, a UN rights envoy has said, bolstering calls for the country's generals to be hauled before an international court.

BY AFP

Bizfeed, Business

Slowing economy? World Bank, ADB and AMRO release conflicting data

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BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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The NLD’s triumph was about more than Aung San Suu Kyi

magazine, 2020 Election, Backpage, News, Opinion

The UEC and the abuse of power

News Feed, 2020 Election, Editorial, News, Opinion

Respect the election result, but don’t gloss over the flaws

News Feed, 2020 Election, News, Opinion

The Hongsa flies: Why the Mon Unity Party won where other ethnic parties failed

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Podcast: Dawei land dispute awaits new government

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Podcast: Dawei residents fear land grab

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COVID-19 stories: the volunteers

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Podcast: border closures threaten the livelihoods of Naga farmers

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December 3, 2020

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Myanmar’s COVID-19 response needs a dose of reality

Prolonged lockdown measures are wreaking great harm and people are fed up. The government needs to ditch this blunt tool for a more surgical approach.

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Myanmar’s COVID-19 response is at a crossroads, and something has to give

More than two months after they were introduced, residents and officials in Yangon are increasingly ignoring stay-at-home orders, yet the government insists infection rates need to fall before they can be rolled back.

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