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Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

When the Myanmar military reopened the nation’s schools in November, millions of students found themselves forced to choose between maintaining the boycott of state services and losing even more of their education.

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Education, News

Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

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Science

COVID cover up: third wave death toll may be in hundreds of thousands

Six months ago, Myanmar endured a catastrophe as its health system was overwhelmed with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. A Frontier investigation finds that the true death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands, as most were never counted.

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News, Business, Features

Desperate job seekers an easy target for scammers

With Myanmar’s economy in turmoil and unemployment on the rise, thousands are trying to find work abroad but are having to navigate border closures and unscrupulous brokers.

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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)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

Opinion

‘Genocide’, ‘human rights’ and what’s lost in translation

The fight to protect human rights and counter genocide is hampered by the way these terms are understood in Myanmar, and mistranslation is partly to blame.

BY Than Toe Aung

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Myanmar village in army lockdown 'running out of food'

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Myanmar press freedom ‘suffocating’ despite Reuters reporters’ release

Media freedom advocates praised the surprise release of Reuters reporters in Myanmar but stressed the pair should never have been jailed in the first place.

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Freedom of expression in Myanmar still ‘dire’: UN

The UN praised the release of two Reuters journalists, but warned that freedom of expression remains heavily restricted in the country.

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Myanmar village in army lockdown ‘running out of food’

Villagers in Myanmar's conflict-hit Rakhine State said Monday they are facing food shortages after being hemmed in for nearly a week by the military.

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News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

A new life for abused maids in Mawlamyine

Two young women experienced months of torture while working at a hostel in the Mon State capital, but found justice and a fresh start with the support of a social organisation.

BY Wonsa Mon

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Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo among 6,520 prisoners freed in presidential pardon

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BY Ye Mon

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Myanmar press freedom 'suffocating' despite Reuters reporters' release

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Freedom of expression in Myanmar still 'dire': UN

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Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

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Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

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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