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Thousands face a nervous wait as junta freezes passport renewals

The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.

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Thousands face a nervous wait as junta freezes passport renewals

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Border battles: Fighting for control in Rakhine

Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.

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Debt and desperation driving overseas kidney sales

An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.

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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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Seven soldiers sentenced to 10 years over Inn Din killings: army

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Episode 25: Water shortage in Mon State

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Htet Htet Naing

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ရိုက်တာသတင်းသမားနှစ်ဦးအား လွှတ်ပေးရန် လျှောက်ထားမှုကို တရားရုံးပယ်ချ

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ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ဒီဇင်ဘာလကတည်းက ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရပြီး နိုင်ငံတော်လျှို့ဝှက်ချက် အက်ဥပဒေအား ချိုးဖောက်သည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည့် ရိုက်တာသတင်းသမားနှစ်ဦးအား လွှတ်ပေးရန် ၎င်းတို့၏ ရှေ့နေများက ယနေ့ တင်ပြမှုကို တရားသူကြီးက ပယ်ချလိုက်သည်။

BY Su Myat Mon

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Tackling sexual violence in Kayah

Beneficiaries of a $48 million USAID grant to strengthen local communities in southeastern Myanmar include a women’s group that campaigns against gender-based violence.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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ICC prosecutor seeks to open Rakhine probe

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Yangon’s port a case study in red tape gone wild

The latest World Bank ease of doing business report ranked Myanmar near the bottom of 190 global economies and this story will help you to understand why.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Conditions in Myanmar 'not conducive' to Rohingya return: UN

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Conditions in Myanmar ‘not conducive’ to Rohingya return: UN

Conditions in Myanmar's crisis-hit northern Rakhine state are "not conducive" to bringing back Rohingya who fled to Bangladesh, a senior UN official said, despite Myanmar's insistence that it is ready for returnees.

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In search of rusty locos

A journey through railway history on the Thai border.

BY Jared Downing

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Myanmar’s mental health crisis needs an inclusive fix

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How the BURMA Act passed congress

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From the coup to something called an ‘election’

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Why military defections still matter to Myanmar’s revolution

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Forced out by fire

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Families fear for political prisoners being denied healthcare

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Risking their lives to teach children in conflict zones

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Seven months after airstrikes, forgotten families still line the banks of the Thaung Yin River

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Forced out by fire

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Families fear for political prisoners being denied healthcare

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Risking their lives to teach children in conflict zones

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Seven months after airstrikes, forgotten families still line the banks of the Thaung Yin River

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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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