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Once more into the breach: Veterans redeployed

With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.

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Once more into the breach: Veterans redeployed

With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.

BY Frontier

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New sheriffs in town: Brotherhood takes charge

After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.

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A world apart: Myanmar-Chinese find a home in Taiwan

A Myanmar-Chinese community has long thrived in Taiwan but shifts in the island’s national identity has made emigrating more difficult, even as people are more desperate than ever to leave Myanmar.

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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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Civil society groups urge halt to dam plans for Tanintharyi River

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BY Naw Betty Han

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Eight charged in Myanmar for ‘funding Arakan Army’

Eight people accused of helping fund the Arakan Army, including several deported from Singapore, have been formally charged under counter-terrorism laws.

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Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Time's up for the copyright pirates

The routine infringement of copyright in Myanmar has devastated the literary world and other creative industries, and the violations will continue until laws aimed at protecting intellectual property are properly enforced.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Myanmar floods force tens of thousands from homes

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Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Time’s up for the copyright pirates

The routine infringement of copyright in Myanmar has devastated the literary world and the violations will continue until laws are properly enforced.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Nagaland: making peace in a divided homeland

Unique customs are resolving old disputes in the Naga Self-Administered Zone, where the brutal legacies of colonialism, world war and neglect under military rule have left residents eager for development but determined to preserve traditions.

BY Oliver Slow & Win Zar Ni Aung

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Former Myanmar Times CEO Ross Dunkley sentenced to 13 years on drug charges

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BY Ye Mon

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Myanmar 'categorically rejects' UN report on army business empire

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Myanmar ‘categorically rejects’ UN report on army business empire

Myanmar hit back at a report by UN investigators calling for tougher sanctions against the country's powerful military to squeeze its business empire.

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International aid should support revolutionary education, not junta schools

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Mourning James C. Scott, a Sterling anarchist and friend of Myanmar

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Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

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Searching for truth and rice in America

Doh Athan

Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

Doh Athan

Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

Doh Athan

Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

Doh Athan

Young women fleeing conscription making ‘impressive’ PDF soldiers

Opinion

International aid should support revolutionary education, not junta schools

Opinion

Mourning James C. Scott, a Sterling anarchist and friend of Myanmar

Opinion

Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

Opinion

Searching for truth and rice in America

Doh Athan

Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

Doh Athan

Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

Doh Athan

Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

Doh Athan

Young women fleeing conscription making ‘impressive’ PDF soldiers

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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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