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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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.
BY Frontier
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.
BY Frontier
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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BY Ye Mon
A village on Rakhine State’s Ramree Island is at the centre of a controversy around the granting of citizenship to thousands of Muslims, with some alleging corruption.
Passion and enthusiasm drive a Kachin violinist who achieved his dream of establishing a youth string orchestra from scratch.
Discarded fishing gear brings death and destruction to marine environments and is threatening the unique beauty and biodiversity of Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago.
Discarded fishing gear brings death and destruction to marine environments and is threatening unique beauty and biodiversity.
There was a time when Myanmar’s anti-graft body was accused of lacking teeth but, under the National League for Democracy government, it has begun to catch big fish.
နဂါးများနှင့် မှော်ဆရာစုန်းထီးများကို ကိုယ်စားပြုနေသော အသေးစိတ်ပြင်ဆင်ထားသည့် ခေါင်းဝတ်အစွပ်များ ဝတ်ဆင်ထားသည့် ပအို့ဝ်တိုင်းရင်းသားများက ကြီးမားသော အိမ်လုပ် မီးလုံးများကို ကောင်းကင်ထဲသို့ ပစ်လွှတ်နေကြသည်။ ယင်းသို့ ပစ်လွှတ်မှုမှာ မိုးကောင်း၍ ငွေပေါစေရန် နှစ်စဉ်ပြုလုပ်သည့် တောင်းဆို ဆုတောင်းပွဲဖြစ်သည်။
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Frontier speaks with Dr Min Zaw Oo, founder of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security, about what it would take to revive deadlocked peace negotiations.
BY Ben Dunant
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