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The people’s grief and their right to closure

Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.

By Oliver Slow

Features

The people’s grief and their right to closure

By Oliver Slow

Opinion

John Okell: Remembering a ‘gentle giant’ of Burmese teaching

The British linguist first set foot in Myanmar in 1960 and trained generations of Burmese language students.

By Luke Corbin

Opinion

The myth of ‘coalition government’

Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.

By Ben Dunant

Myaing Gyi Ngu’s uneasy peace in Kayin State

While the people of Kayin State have largely benefited from the NCA, conflict and religious tension remain a fact of life in Myaing Gyi Ngu.

By Kyaw Lin Htoon

News Feed, News

Episode 22: Contraception use in Myanmar

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By Win Zar Ni Aung

News Feed, News

President U Htin Kyaw resigns, U Win Myint tipped as replacement

Government says position will be filled within seven days, with Vice President U Myint Swe to serve as acting president until parliament chooses a replacement.

By Frontier

News Feed

UPDATE: ဦးထင်ကျော် သမ္မတ ရာထူးမှ နုတ်ထွက်၊ ဦးဝင်းမြင့်အား ရွေးချယ်ဖွယ်ရှိဟု သတင်းထွက်ပေါ်

ဦးထင်ကျော်သည် “လက်ရှိအလုပ်တာဝန်များမှ အနားယူလိုသောကြောင့်” မတ် ၂၁ ရက်နေ့မှ စတင်ကာ နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရာထူးမှ နုတ်ထွက်သွားသည်ဟု နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံးက ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းတွင် ကြေညာခဲ့သည်။

By Frontier

Affairs, Culture

Fans hope for end to Myanmar's 50-year Asian Cup drought

It’s been 50 years since the national team qualified for the most prestigious competition in Asian football and hopes are high that the wait will soon be over.

By Htun Khaing

News Feed, News

Displaced villagers protest as army troops linger in Hpapun

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By Sean Gleeson

Affairs, Features, Culture

Fans hope for end to Myanmar’s 50-year Asian Cup drought

It’s been 50 years since the national team qualified for the most prestigious competition in Asian football and hopes are high that the wait will soon be over.

By Frontier

Affairs, Business, Features

As capacity crisis looms, closing Myanmar’s power gap

Myanmar’s government recently gave the go-ahead to some of the largest power projects in recent years, but it now faces a major short-term challenge – providing the country’s immediate energy needs.

By Thomas Kean

Affairs, Features

Govt urges Nay Pyi Taw move for embassies, but obstacles remain

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar needs to improve services in Nay Pyi Taw to entice foreign embassies to shift from Yangon, but even government officials admit that the move will be a tough sell for many years.

By Su Myat Mon

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Volume 6, Issue 6

July 27, 2020

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Out of the wild: Myanmar’s controversial plan to harvest endangered species

Legalising commercial farming of rare species will undercut poachers, says Myanmar’s Forest Department, but conservationists expect the move to lead to increased demand.

Editorial, Opinion

The military’s business is all of our business

When the military enters the business arena, it needs to play by the same rules as everyone else.

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