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Blocking the exits: Myanmar junta turns the screws on migrant workers

Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.

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Blocking the exits: Myanmar junta turns the screws on migrant workers

Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.

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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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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.

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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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Bangladesh delays plan to shift Rohingya to remote island

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Acacia becomes Myanmar’s plantation tree of choice

A variety of acacia from Australasia is becoming the preferred choice for commercial plantations, including those planned as part of a reforestation project.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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'The court martial': A short story by Letyar Tun

A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years. After waging war in the ethnic states, it is in the then-capital, Yangon, during the 1988 national uprising, where soldier Nyo Aung is compelled to question the authority of those above and accept responsibility for his own.

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The court martial’: A short story by Letyar Tun

A story by a former political prisoner, set on the other side of the thick green line that ruled Myanmar for fifty years.

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Orchid documentation empowers women in Kayin State

A project to document orchids in a conflict-hit area of Kayin State has uncovered almost 100 rare species – and some unknown varieties – while also encouraging women to take on leadership roles in their communities.

BY Victoria Milko

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Amal Clooney appeals to Aung San Suu Kyi for reporters' release

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Myanmar’s disappearing doors

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Amal Clooney appeals to Aung San Suu Kyi for reporters’ release

Prominent human rights lawyer Ms Amal Clooney appealed to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday over a pardon for two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar.

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Passing the buck

On September 18, the Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar appointed by the UN Human Rights Council in March 2017 released a meticulous and damning report.

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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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