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Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive

Regime authorities appear to be increasingly abducting young men on the street or during household inspections to boost the number of military conscripts, while families and activists say bribes are no longer enough to free them.

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Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive

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No laughing matter: Meet the junta’s court jesters

Myanmar’s military regime has tried to recruit comedians in its propaganda war, but while some performers have chosen to serve the generals, many more are using their wit for the revolution.

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Hard grind: Migrants in Thailand face steep costs to stay legal

An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.

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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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Aung San Suu Kyi heads to Hague court for genocide showdown

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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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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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Impatient for peace: toll of conflict laid bare in new documentaries

The toll of conflict on individuals and whole communities is revealed in documentaries submitted to a recent film competition.

BY Myint Myat Thu

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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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