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Thousands face a nervous wait as junta freezes passport renewals

The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.

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Thousands face a nervous wait as junta freezes passport renewals

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Border battles: Fighting for control in Rakhine

Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.

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Debt and desperation driving overseas kidney sales

An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.

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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)

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တရုတ်နိုင်ငံ၌ မြန်မာအမျိုးသမီး ထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ အတင်းအကြပ် လက်ထပ်ခြင်း ခံနေရ

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမြောက်ပိုင်းမှ အားနွဲ့သော အမျိုးသမီးနှင့် မိန်းကလေးငယ် ထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာမှာ တရုတ်ပြည်သို့ ကုန်ကူးခံရပြီး အတင်းအကြပ် လက်ထပ်ခြင်း ခံနေရသည်ဟု ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၇ ရက်နေ့က အစီရင်ခံစာတစ်စောင်၌ ဖော်ပြထားသည်။

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Welcome to Maungdaw

A media trip to northern Rakhine State becomes an exercise in government obstruction and disorganisation.

BY Su Myat Mon

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In northern Rakhine State, a standoff over citizenship guarantees

A standoff over citizenship guarantees and concerns about safety have diminished the likelihood of large-scale repatriation, with government officials saying Rohingya demands are “impossible”.

BY Su Myat Mon

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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in ‘acute need’: UNHCR

Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned.

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Asian Highway 1 revisited

In Kayin State, the upgrade of one of the country’s most important highways has been brought to a standstill and the blame game is in full swing.

BY Thomas Kean

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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in 'acute need': UNHCR

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Department units to ramp up president’s anti-corruption drive

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BY Ye Mon

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Thousands of women from Shan, Kachin forced into marriage in China, says study

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ပြည်တွင်း လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများမှာ အစိုးရနှင့် တိုင်းရင်းသားများအကြား ဖြစ်နေခြင်းဟု တပ်ချုပ် ပြောကြား

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် လက်ရှိအချိန်အထိ ဖြစ်ပွားနေသည့် ပြည်တွင်းလက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများမှာ တပ်မတော်နှင့် ဖြစ်ပွားခြင်းမဟုတ်ဟု တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က ပြောကြားလိုက်သည်။

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Myanmar’s mental health crisis needs an inclusive fix

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How the BURMA Act passed congress

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From the coup to something called an ‘election’

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Why military defections still matter to Myanmar’s revolution

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Forced out by fire

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Families fear for political prisoners being denied healthcare

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Risking their lives to teach children in conflict zones

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Seven months after airstrikes, forgotten families still line the banks of the Thaung Yin River

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Forced out by fire

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Families fear for political prisoners being denied healthcare

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Risking their lives to teach children in conflict zones

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Seven months after airstrikes, forgotten families still line the banks of the Thaung Yin River

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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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