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Once more into the breach: Veterans redeployed

With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.

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Once more into the breach: Veterans redeployed

With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public.

BY Frontier

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New sheriffs in town: Brotherhood takes charge

After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain.

BY Frontier

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A world apart: Myanmar-Chinese find a home in Taiwan

A Myanmar-Chinese community has long thrived in Taiwan but shifts in the island’s national identity has made emigrating more difficult, even as people are more desperate than ever to leave Myanmar.

BY Frontier

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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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UN expert urges caution on Bangladesh’s Rohingya island ‘relocation’ plan

Bangladesh must not rush to relocate Rohingya refugees, a top UN rights official said, amid plans to move the community to an island vulnerable to extreme monsoon weather.

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Weavers of traditional textiles in Mandalay unite

Weavers of traditional textiles in Mandalay Region have joined forces in an attempt to counter a threat to the industry from cheap copies imported from China and India.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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UN expert urges caution on Bangladesh's Rohingya island 'relocation' plan

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LGBT အရေး လှုပ်ရှားမှုတွေ ပိုမို အားကောင်းလာ

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ LGBT အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းက ရင်ဆိုင်နေရတဲ့ စိန်ခေါ်မှုတွေ ရှိနေသေးပေမယ့် ပြောင်းလဲလာတဲ့ လက္ခဏာတွေလည်း ရှိနေပါတယ်။

BY Hein Ko Soe & Win Zar Ni Aung

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A market brews for organic tea

Tea growers around Pindaya in the Danu Self-Administered Zone are going organic as more foreign buyers show interest in the area’s chemical-free green tea.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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AA attacks mark ‘dangerous shift’ in Rakhine, warns ICG

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'We just ran': Myanmar displaced cower in pagoda as new Rakhine conflict flares

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We just ran’: Myanmar displaced cower in pagoda as new Rakhine conflict flares

Residents of Alecheung village are among the civilian victims of a crackdown by Myanmar's army against Rakhine militants that has displaced at least 5,200 people.

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Episode 62: LGBT community fights back against stigma

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung

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International aid should support revolutionary education, not junta schools

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Mourning James C. Scott, a Sterling anarchist and friend of Myanmar

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Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

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Searching for truth and rice in America

Doh Athan

Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

Doh Athan

Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

Doh Athan

Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

Doh Athan

Young women fleeing conscription making ‘impressive’ PDF soldiers

Opinion

International aid should support revolutionary education, not junta schools

Opinion

Mourning James C. Scott, a Sterling anarchist and friend of Myanmar

Opinion

Staying online in Myanmar is a matter of life and death

Opinion

Searching for truth and rice in America

Doh Athan

Palm oil workers risk injury with little support available

Doh Athan

Disabled resistance fighters need more long-term support

Doh Athan

Rakhine IDPs in Yangon struggle with bureaucracy and living costs

Doh Athan

Young women fleeing conscription making ‘impressive’ PDF soldiers

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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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