The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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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.
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The nascent coffee sector has been lauded for weaning smallholder farmers off opium planting, but in Shan State two donor-backed projects have been fighting bitterly over farmers.
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