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Myanmar’s census is a blunt counterinsurgency tool

The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.

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Myanmar’s census is a blunt counterinsurgency tool

The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.

BY Frontier

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Down and out in the delta: Rakhine IDPs struggle in Ayeyarwady

As fighting spreads to southern Rakhine, thousands have fled for neighbouring Ayeyarwady, where they’ve had a frosty reception as the junta tightens security in one of its few remaining stable strongholds.

BY Frontier

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Debt trap: Moneylenders prey on the poor

Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.

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)

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In northern Rakhine State, a standoff over citizenship guarantees

A standoff over citizenship guarantees and concerns about safety have diminished the likelihood of large-scale repatriation, with government officials saying Rohingya demands are “impossible”.

BY Su Myat Mon

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ပြည်တွင်း လက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများမှာ အစိုးရနှင့် တိုင်းရင်းသားများအကြား ဖြစ်နေခြင်းဟု တပ်ချုပ် ပြောကြား

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် လက်ရှိအချိန်အထိ ဖြစ်ပွားနေသည့် ပြည်တွင်းလက်နက်ကိုင်ပဋိပက္ခများမှာ တပ်မတော်နှင့် ဖြစ်ပွားခြင်းမဟုတ်ဟု တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်က ပြောကြားလိုက်သည်။

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အစိုးရဌာနများအတွင်း အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တားဆီးရေးအတွက် တားဆီးရေးအဖွဲ့များဖွဲ့ရန် သမ္မတခွင့်ပြု

အစိုးရဝန်ကြီးဌာနများနှင့် အခြားသောဌာနများအတွင်း ပျံ့နှံ့နေသည့် အဂတိလိုက်စားမှုများကို တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေး အတွက် အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေးအဖွဲ့များကို သမ္မတဦးဝင်းမြင့်က ဖွဲ့စည်းခွင့်ပြုလိုက်သည်။

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Kachin youth activists handed prison sentences for ‘defaming’ the Tatmadaw

Three Kachin youth activists who led anti-war protests earlier this year in Myitkyina were each sentenced on Friday to six months in prison and fined K500,000.

BY Ye Mon

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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in ‘acute need’: UNHCR

Rohingya Muslims who paid hundreds of dollars to flee squalid Myanmar camps by boat are destitute since they were stopped at sea and returned.

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Asian Highway 1 revisited

In Kayin State, the upgrade of one of the country’s most important highways has been brought to a standstill and the blame game is in full swing.

BY Thomas Kean

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Rohingya sent back to Myanmar camps in 'acute need': UNHCR

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Department units to ramp up president’s anti-corruption drive

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BY Ye Mon

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Thousands of women from Shan, Kachin forced into marriage in China, says study

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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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