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Treading carefully: KIO navigates rocky ethnic terrain in new territory

The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.

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Treading carefully: KIO navigates rocky ethnic terrain in new territory

BY Frontier

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A ‘new chapter’? The future of rare earth mining under KIO rule

Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.

BY Frontier

Opinion

India must do more for Myanmar refugees in Mizoram

Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.

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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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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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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Episode 62: LGBT community fights back against stigma

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung

Opinion

It's time to get rid of criminal defamation

Myanmar has six criminal defamation laws and a study has found that their misuse by the rich and powerful is hampering the fight against corruption.

BY Oliver Spencer

Opinion

It’s time to get rid of criminal defamation

Myanmar has six criminal defamation laws and a study has found that their misuse by the rich and powerful is hampering the fight against corruption.

BY Oliver Spencer & Yin Yadanar Thein

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Dagon Seikkan's housing blues

A land ownership dispute in Dagon Seikkan Township has upset a local NGO’s efforts to provide housing for low-income families, and divided a community.

BY Win Zar Ni Aung

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Dagon Seikkan’s housing blues

A land ownership dispute in Dagon Seikkan Township has upset a local NGO’s efforts to provide housing for low-income families, and divided a community.

BY Win Zar Ni Aung

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Tapping the tourism potential of the Myeik Archipelago

A comprehensive plan is urgently needed to encourage and guide tourism development in one of the world’s most beautiful archipelagos.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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David Abel, the junta’s stymied reformer

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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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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