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Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains

The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.

BY Frontier

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Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains

BY Frontier

Features

‘They don’t represent us’: Rohingya armed groups wreak havoc in Rakhine

The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.

BY Frontier

Interview, Features

Q&A: Explaining Myanmar’s private security law

Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.

BY Frontier

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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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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.

BY AFP

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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

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

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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Rakhine: INGOs issue warning over aid for displaced civilians

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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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