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Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

With commercialism and escapism fuelling the domestic art scene, and exhibitions abroad trying to recapture the spirit of post-coup protests, many in Myanmar are deprived of work that reflects their new reality.

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Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

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‘Everything was destroyed’: Families find new homes after military attacks

A charity group has responded to the military’s brutal arson campaign in Sagaing Region by building palm huts for those who lost their houses, but it’s struggling to keep up with the rate of devastation.

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Migrant schools in Thailand overwhelmed by post-coup arrivals

Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.

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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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Kachin parties refute China’s claim of local support for Myitsone Dam

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BY Ye Mon

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Govt stirs Rakhine anger with warning about Arakan Army

Rakhine nationalists were outraged when the government warned them not to support the Rakhine armed group and accused it of colluding with Rohingya militants.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Facing an uncertain future: Chin refugees in Malaysia

The UN refugee agency has begun phasing out the protection it provides in Malaysia to tens of thousands of Chin, most of whom do not want to return to Myanmar.

BY Eva Hirschi

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Salween Peace Park: federalism from below?

Hundreds gathered recently in a remote mountain village to celebrate the inauguration of a ‘peace park’ backed by the Karen National Union.

BY Ben Dunant

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Myanmar's foreign ministry battens down the hatches

The cancellation of a study tour to Myanmar is a concerning sign of the country's political climate.

BY Thomas Kean

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Reuters journalists lose Yangon court appeal against seven-year sentence

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BY Ye Mon

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စုပေါင်းပိုက်ဆံစုကြပြီး ဘဝတွေကို ပြောင်းလဲကြမယ်

တက်လမ်းကနေ အသက်သွင်းပေးလိုက်တဲ့ ငွေစုငွေချေးအဖွဲ့ငယ်တွေဟာ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အတွင်းက ဝေးလံခေါင်ဖျားတဲ့ကျေးရွာတွေမှာ အမျိုးသမီးတွေအတွက် လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်နဲ့ အစွမ်းအစတွေဖော်ထုတ်ပြသနိုင်ရာ စင်မြင့်တွေဖြစ်လာကြပါတယ်။

BY Margarite Clarey

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သစ်လုပ်ငန်းစီမံကိန်းထောက်ပံ့မှုကို ဗြိတိန် ယာယီရပ်ဆိုင်း

ဗြိတိသျှဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးအေဂျင်စီဖြစ်သည့် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးဌာနသည် ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်မှပြဿနာကြောင့် သစ်လုပ်ငန်း ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရေး စီမံကိန်း ငွေကြေးထောက်ပံ့မှုကို ယာယီရပ်ဆိုင်းခဲ့သည်။

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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Myanmar’s foreign ministry battens down the hatches

The cancellation of a study tour to Myanmar is a concerning sign of the country's political climate.

BY Thomas Kean

Opinion

Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

Opinion

How internal conflict in Shan State has kept it aloof from the Spring Revolution

Opinion

The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

Opinion

The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

Doh Athan

No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

Doh Athan

The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

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No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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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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