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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

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

Culture

Dubious legends

A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.

By Myint Myat Thu

NMSP, LDU formally sign Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement

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UN to take part in Rohingya repatriation, says Bangladesh

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Myanmar minister orders refugees to leave no man’s land between Rakhine and Bangladesh

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Major-General Aung Soe appeared to tell Rohingya refugees they will face 'consequences' if they stay where they are.

By AFP

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UK’s Johnson urges ‘independent’ probe of Rohingya crisis after Myanmar visit

Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson stopped off in Myanmar on Sunday to press Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the need for an independent probe into violence in Rakhine State.

By AFP

Affairs, Features, Culture

Riding a bicycle in Yangon is like betting on your life’

Despite formidable challenges, including legal ambiguity and drivers with an attitude problem, a grassroots group is striving to make Yangon more bicycle friendly.

By Katrin Schregenberger

Affairs, Culture

'Riding a bicycle in Yangon is like betting on your life'

Despite formidable challenges, including legal ambiguity and drivers with an attitude problem, a grassroots group is striving to make Yangon more bicycle friendly.

By Katrin Schregenberger

News Feed, News

Myanmar minister orders refugees to leave no man's land between Rakhine and Bangladesh

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By AFP

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Inn Din village administrator facing investigation after Reuters report on massacre

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By Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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BBC news headlines in Burmese now on Frontier Myanmar

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By Frontier

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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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