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Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive

Regime authorities appear to be increasingly abducting young men on the street or during household inspections to boost the number of military conscripts, while families and activists say bribes are no longer enough to free them.

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Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive

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No laughing matter: Meet the junta’s court jesters

Myanmar’s military regime has tried to recruit comedians in its propaganda war, but while some performers have chosen to serve the generals, many more are using their wit for the revolution.

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Hard grind: Migrants in Thailand face steep costs to stay legal

An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

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Desperate Rohingya caught on cross-border narcotics runs: police

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Wanted Myanmar firebrand abbot ‘not afraid’ of arrest: local media

An ultra-nationalist monk known for his anti-Muslim vitriol said he was not afraid of arrest as police pursued him on charges of stirring up unrest.

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Armed and dangerous: Myanmar’s military goes shopping

Myanmar's military has lavished tens of millions of dollars on the latest lethal hardware, leaning on allies as part of a strategy to become a first-class fighting force.

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Golden deer threatened by record heat and an army land grab

A failed cotton project by two crony companies, a Tatmadaw land grab and extreme temperatures this year have contributed to a crisis for the deer population in a central dry zone sanctuary.

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Myanmar frees soldiers jailed for Rohingya massacre

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Myanmar’s fuel market: from fanfare to standstill

In 2017, the fuel market was opened up to foreign competition to great fanfare – so why have investors stayed away?

BY Thomas Kean

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Myanmar's fuel market: from fanfare to standstill

In 2017, the fuel market was opened up to foreign competition to great fanfare – so why have investors stayed away?

BY Thomas Kean

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Paddy fields of dreams: the Myanmar teen making way in women's football

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Paddy fields of dreams: the Myanmar teen making way in women’s football

Myanmar U-19 striker San Thaw Thaw fled from her family's paddy fields to follow her footballing dreams, inspired by her girlhood hero Wayne Rooney.

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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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