The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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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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In 2017, the fuel market was opened up to foreign competition to great fanfare – so why have investors stayed away?
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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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In 2017, the fuel market was opened up to foreign competition to great fanfare – so why have investors stayed away?
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Laws made in Nay Pyi Taw are threatening the customary land tenure practices that have sustained the Naga for generations in their homeland on the Indian border.
Recent prison riots were fuelled by the angst of prisoners serving long sentences for often minor drug offences and the apparent arbitrariness of the president’s Thingyan pardons.
The bigger story from the Belt and Road Forum appears to have been what Myanmar didn’t sign, rather than what it did.
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