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Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.

BY Hein Thar

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Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

BY Hein Thar

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‘I often thought about hurting myself’: factory workers suffer through shutdown

Hundreds of thousands of workers in the garment sector are relieved to be back at work after enduring a miserable, desperate month in cramped hostels..

BY Pyae Sone Aung

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Myanmar netizens were in uproar on Monday after Facebook seemingly banned people from posting the word 'kalar', often used as a slur against Muslims.

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I feel lucky to have come here and had this chance’

At one drug rehabilitation centre in Mogok, support and friendship are helping some beat their addiction.

BY Thomas Kean

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UN slams Myanmar, Thailand for deporting Turk

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Footage of apparent army beating in Shan State emerges as peace talks continue

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Displaced by violence, Kaman yearn for home as hopes dim

Five years after being displaced in Rakhine violence, Kaman Muslim IDPs air concerns over rights and resettlement.

BY Myanmar Now

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Ma Ba Tha leaders mock Sangha committee ban

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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မဟန၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်များကို မဘသ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် တုံ့ပြန်

အမျိုးဘာသာ၊ သာသနာစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့ (မဘသ) ကို ဖျက်သိမ်းရမည့် ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် အပါအဝင် နိုင်ငံတော်သံဃမဟာနာယက (မဟန) ၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်များကို မဘသအဖွဲ့က ၎င်းတို့၏ လေးနှစ်မြောက်တွေ့ဆုံပွဲတွင် ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် တုံ့ပြန်ရှုံ့ချလိုက်သည်။

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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ICRC chief: 'Granting access is in the interests of the government and armed forces'

The International Committee of the Red Cross works to provide relief to people within conflict zones. During a recent visit to tour ICRC projects and meet Myanmar officials, committee president Peter Maurer sat down for an interview with Frontier’s Jared Downing and reporters from several other outlets.

BY Jared Downing

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Disaster resilience innovations, policy on agenda at aid and development summit

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What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

Kyaw Myint is just the tiniest tip of a very large iceberg of criminal activity in Myanmar’s business community, but as long as you steer clear of politics you’re unlikely to get caught.

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