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Anyar rising: Myanmar’s Dry Zone PDFs up the ante

Resistance groups in western Mandalay Region have shown signs of greater coordination and effectiveness, but there’s still a long way to go to replicate the successes of their comrades in the north.

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Anyar rising: Myanmar’s Dry Zone PDFs up the ante

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‘An incredible generosity of spirit’: Remembering Paul Minoletti

An economist who prized people over numbers, Paul left behind a legacy in Myanmar that is celebrated by his colleagues, students and friends.

BY Frontier

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Breaking newsrooms: Are Myanmar’s exiled journalists getting a fair deal?

Journalists are allegedly suffering exploitation and abuse at exiled news outlets, but there’s debate over whether the responsibility to respond falls on donors or a media industry that is taking gradual steps to self-regulate.

BY Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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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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Isolation blues? Myanmar’s ex-political prisoners share survival tips

From meditation to memory games, former political prisoners in Myanmar are dishing out tips on surviving isolation in a pandemic.

BY AFP

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How to keep your distance in Yangon

Research shows that social distancing is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus and viruses with a high infection rate in general.

BY Nicole Tu-Maung

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Yangon’s annual Thingyan exodus set to proceed without travel bans

The government has so far done little to prevent a mass departure from Yangon in advance of the holiday, which could result in COVID-19 spreading from the country’s largest city to other areas of Myanmar.

BY Eaint Thet Su & Ye Mon

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Chinese consortium may avoid fines despite missing emergency power deadline

Three projects totaling 900 megawatts that were due to go live on April 3 remain weeks, possibly months, away from completion. But thanks to COVID-19 and the apparent absence of a signed contract, the developers may avoid the heavy fines.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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Myanmar's camps face 'catastrophe' from virus: rights group

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Farmers turn away from cultural heritage contender

The government’s recent move to have thanaka added to UNESCO’s cultural heritage list comes as farmers are clearing plantations to grow a product in high demand in China.

BY Hkun Lat & Hein Thar

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Podcast: Preventing COVID-19 in Myanmar’s prisons

Inside overcrowded prisons, preventions such as handwashing and drinking ginger tea are now in place. Do they work? And what else might be needed to prevent a mass outbreak?

BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Ye Mon

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Myanmar’s camps face ‘catastrophe’ from virus: rights group

Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by conflict in Myanmar face a health "catastrophe" from the coronavirus pandemic, a rights group warned, as international calls grow for an end to fighting.

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Deadlock over April factory shutdown plan as garment orders dry up

Labour unions want garment factories to suspend operations this month to help prevent the spread of coronavirus at workplaces, but most employers are resisting the idea because of uncertainty over how long the shutdown might last.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn & Frontier

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‘An incredible generosity of spirit’: Remembering Paul Minoletti

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International aid should support revolutionary education, not junta schools

Opinion

Mourning James C. Scott, a Sterling anarchist and friend of Myanmar

Opinion

Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

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‘No young people’ in Lisu villages, with double conscription threat

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Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

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Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

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Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

Opinion

‘An incredible generosity of spirit’: Remembering Paul Minoletti

Opinion

International aid should support revolutionary education, not junta schools

Opinion

Mourning James C. Scott, a Sterling anarchist and friend of Myanmar

Opinion

Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

Doh Athan

‘No young people’ in Lisu villages, with double conscription threat

Doh Athan

Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

Doh Athan

Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

Doh Athan

Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

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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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