The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.
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The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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A first batch of 5,000 conscripts called up by Myanmar's junta will begin duty at the end of this month, military sources told AFP on Monday, as the generals struggle to crush opposition to their coup.
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The financial burden of healthcare has been foisted on patients since the coup, including time-sensitive, live-saving treatment for rabies, which is seeing a minor resurgence in recent years.
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An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups have accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the north of the country this month and causing civilian casualties.
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Desperate migrant workers are increasingly heading for the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, whose illicit economy has apparent links to Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group.
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Some households and businesses in Myanmar have turned to solar power to deal with prolonged shortfalls in the national power grid, but the steep cost of imported equipment puts solar out of reach for most.
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Myanmar students trying to leave regime-run schools for those managed by the resistance risk fines and grade demotions for having foregone the Civil Disobedience Movement.
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As in other communities, some Muslim leaders are backing the regime, while many more fight against it, but some find it difficult to trust a democracy movement that has disappointed them before.
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Caught between an obstructive regime and bureaucratic inertia, the United Nations in Myanmar has struggled to fulfil its mandate since the 2021 coup.
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Resistance groups in Myanmar’s Mon State have been emboldened by the support of an ethnic splinter militia, but political divisions are still holding them back from building a united front.
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