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Communities rally against ‘pets of the junta’ in local administration

City residents are rejecting junta-appointed “security and rule of law teams” and instead forming parallel local government structures that answer to elected MPs.

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Communities rally against ‘pets of the junta’ in local administration

City residents are rejecting junta-appointed “security and rule of law teams” and instead forming parallel local government structures that answer to elected MPs.

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Police and protesters resume running battles in Yangon for fourth day

Security forces have deployed tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to dislodge protesters from their home-made barricades, with only limited success.

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MYANMAR PROTESTS LIVE: At least 16 deaths as police fire live rounds

Keep tuning in for full coverage from the Frontier team as we report on ongoing demonstrations and strikes across the country against the February 1 coup, and the military government’s response.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Villagers in eastern Bago Region listen to news of the February 1 coup over a radio, after the junta seized power and cut internet access across the country. (Frontier)

‘We are under the Tatmadaw again’: watching the coup unfold from a conflict zone

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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Angry Myanmar activists grab Zuckerberg’s attention on hate speech

As Mark Zuckerberg fields questions over privacy breaches in Washington, angry online warriors have thrust Myanmar into the forefront of the debate on how to fix Facebook

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Kayah residents slam “fake industrial zone”

The Kayah State government wants to revive a failed industrial zone in Loikaw that residents say was designed to enrich a well-connected elite and put many local industries out of business.

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Episode 25: Water shortage in Mon State

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Htet Htet Naing

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ရိုက်တာသတင်းသမားနှစ်ဦးအား လွှတ်ပေးရန် လျှောက်ထားမှုကို တရားရုံးပယ်ချ

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ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ဒီဇင်ဘာလကတည်းက ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရပြီး နိုင်ငံတော်လျှို့ဝှက်ချက် အက်ဥပဒေအား ချိုးဖောက်သည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည့် ရိုက်တာသတင်းသမားနှစ်ဦးအား လွှတ်ပေးရန် ၎င်းတို့၏ ရှေ့နေများက ယနေ့ တင်ပြမှုကို တရားသူကြီးက ပယ်ချလိုက်သည်။

BY Su Myat Mon

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Karen group says plan to protect forests ignores people’s rights

A vast forested area covering about a quarter of Tanintharyi Region is the focus of disagreement between those who want to conserve it, and present and former residents for whom it is home.

BY Su Myat Mon

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Yangon court rejects motion to dismiss Reuters case

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BY Su Myat Mon

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New institute to train young peace researchers, promote ‘evidence-based’ policy

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BY Su Myat Mon

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Seven soldiers sentenced to 10 years over Inn Din killings: army

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Tackling sexual violence in Kayah

Beneficiaries of a $48 million USAID grant to strengthen local communities in southeastern Myanmar include a women’s group that campaigns against gender-based violence.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Before we go dark: A letter to the international community

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Podcast: Violent crackdowns in Myitkyina

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Video: Citizens speak out

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Video: Activists speak out

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Podcast: To sell or not to sell

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Podcast: Violent crackdowns in Myitkyina

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Video: Citizens speak out

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Video: Activists speak out

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Latest Issue

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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The Kayah State government wants to revive a failed industrial zone in Loikaw that residents say was designed to enrich a well-connected elite and put many local industries out of business.

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