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.
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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.
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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.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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December 12 will mark one year to the day since Reuters journalists Ko Wa Lone and Ko Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested by police on the outskirts of Yangon. They have been behind bars ever since.
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How to radically improve criminal procedure in Myanmar without spending much money or having to rewrite any laws.
မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမြောက်ပိုင်းမှ အားနွဲ့သော အမျိုးသမီးနှင့် မိန်းကလေးငယ် ထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာမှာ တရုတ်ပြည်သို့ ကုန်ကူးခံရပြီး အတင်းအကြပ် လက်ထပ်ခြင်း ခံနေရသည်ဟု ဒီဇင်ဘာ ၇ ရက်နေ့က အစီရင်ခံစာတစ်စောင်၌ ဖော်ပြထားသည်။
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A media trip to northern Rakhine State becomes an exercise in government obstruction and disorganisation.
BY Su Myat Mon
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”.
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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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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.
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