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Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.

BY Frontier

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Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.

BY Frontier

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Inside the junta’s war on student unions

Mysterious associations have been replacing independent student unions, which have long played an active role in the pro-democracy movement.

BY Frontier

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Rice exports dry up due to forex restrictions, rising prices

The surprise decision to fix the rate of the kyat has harmed the competitiveness of Myanmar’s rice exports, traders say, and orders from abroad are already beginning to decline.

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)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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Miss Ethnic Myanmar pageant belies minorities’ woes

A Miss Ethnic Myanmar beauty pageant brought an end to a festival celebrating the country's ethnic minorities, even as the military remains locked in conflict with many groups.

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Ko Ni murder trial reaches climax

A Yangon court will soon deliver judgment against four men on trial over the killing of NLD legal adviser U Ko Ni, while the alleged mastermind remains at large.

BY Ye Mon

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On anniversary of U Ko Ni’s murder, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi calls for ‘truth’

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BY Ye Mon

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ရုံးချိန်း ၁၀၀ ကျော်အပြီး အမိန့်ချဖို့ နီးကပ်လာပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ ဦးကိုနီအမှု

ရှေ့နေကြီးဦးကိုနီကို လုပ်ကြံသတ်ဖြတ်မှုနဲ့ စွဲချက်တင်ခံထားရသူတွေကို စစ်ဆေးနေတာ ရုံးချိန်း ၁၀၀ ကျော်ရှိလာပြီဖြစ်ပြီး မကြာခင်မှာပဲ တရားရုံးက အမိန့်ချမှတ်တော့မှာ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။

BY Ye Mon

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Myanmar's zero-tolerance drug policy is doomed to fail

Myanmar is not waging a war on drugs.

BY Frontier

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Drug cases and the stench of dirty money

Drug cases present opportunities for some lawyers and police to pocket handsome sums while perverting the course of justice.

BY Su Myat Mon & Ye Mon

Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar’s zero-tolerance drug policy is doomed to fail

Myanmar is not waging a war on drugs. It is waging a war on the people who consume illicit drugs, and those who sell them in relatively small quantities.

BY Frontier

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A Russian Christmas in Myanmar

An intrepid American migrant attends a Christmas party at the Russian embassy. In place of sinister stereotypes, he finds J-Donuts and a blue Santa.

BY Backpage

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Myanmar’s first LGBT pride boat parade sets sail

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Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

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Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

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Response to Ukraine underscores foot-dragging on Myanmar crisis

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Civilians under fire in Kayin conflict

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Civilians under fire in Kayin conflict

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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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Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Inside the junta’s war on student unions