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‘They have no mercy’: War in the eye of the storm

The woes of war in western Myanmar have been exacerbated by Cyclone Mocha, with already-struggling residents saying they have still received no assistance, and even accusing the military of launching fresh attacks during the storm.

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‘They have no mercy’: War in the eye of the storm

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‘We can’t live without scavenging’: The workers harvesting Yangon’s waste

Deepening poverty and increased demand for scrap materials are driving ever more people, including children, to scavenge for rubbish in Myanmar’s cities, but worsening power cuts are creating recycling bottlenecks.

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‘Psychological violence’: Nationalist Dhamma schools make a comeback under junta

Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.

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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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တရားသူကြီး နေမကောင်းဟုဆိုကာ ရိုက်တာအမှု အမိန့်ချရန် ရက်ရွှေ့ဆိုင်း

လျှို့ဝှက်အဆင့် စာရွက်စာတမ်းတွေကို လက်ဝယ်တွေ့ရှိတယ်လို့ စွပ်စွဲ ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရတဲ့ ရိုက်တာသတင်းထောက်နှစ်ဦးဖြစ်သူ ကိုဝလုံးနဲ့ ကိုကျော်စိုးဦးတို့ကို မြောက်ပိုင်းခရိုင်တရားရုံးက ယနေ့၊ သြဂုတ်၂၇ ရက်နေ့မှာ အမိန့်ချဖို့ သတ်မှတ်ထားပေမယ့် တရားသူကြီးဖြစ်သူ ဦးရဲလွင်နေမကောင်းတာကြောင့် စက်တင်ဘာ ၃ ရက်ကို ရွှေ့ဆိုင်းလိုက်ပါတယ်။

BY Ye Mon

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Why food safety matters

This advertorial is produced and sponsored by METRO Wholesale Myanmar

BY METRO Wholesale Myanmar

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Army chiefs must be prosecuted for ‘genocide’, says UN Fact-Finding Mission

The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar called on August 27 for an international probe and the prosecution of Myanmar's military chief and five other top commanders for genocide against the country's Rohingya minority.

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Report: Phyo Myat Aung wins Myanmar Idol season 3

Myanmar has a new pop sensation, ladies and gentleman, and his name is Phyo Myat Aung!

BY Jared Downing

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Mandalay’s masterpiece in the art of woodwork

One of Myanmar’s finest teak monasteries is being painstakingly restored to its resplendent glory with funding assistance from the United States.

BY Frontier & Frontier

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Can the state counsellor help to save the tourism industry?

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has proposed a series of suggestions for boosting the travel industry, but implementing many of them will be a challenge.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Donor makes wheelchair dream come true for health hero

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BY Su Myat Mon

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The activist women who suffered for their convictions

Women who were jailed for supporting the struggle for democratic change in Myanmar deserve more recognition for what they endured.

BY Su Myat Mon

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Episode 43: A refuge for women

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Wonsa Mon

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How internal conflict in Shan State has kept it aloof from the Spring Revolution

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The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

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The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military

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The empire struck back: Oliver Slow’s ‘Return of the Junta’ reviewed

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No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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The house bringing joy to Myanmar migrants in Thailand

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No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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The house bringing joy to Myanmar migrants in Thailand

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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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