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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

BY Frontier

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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

BY Frontier

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With tales of torture, campaign seeks to divide armed resistance

Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.

BY Frontier

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‘These are kidnappings’: Junta targets relatives of activists on the run

Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.

BY Frontier

Highlights

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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

Interview, Business

U Ko Ko Gyi: 'What is important is how policies impact people’s daily lives'

Former student leader U Ko Ko Gyi and some fellow 88 Generation activists have decided the time is right for a direct role in the political arena to advance their vision for a democratic Myanmar.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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And then there were 10: Mon, Lahu armed groups to sign ceasefire

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BY Su Myat Mon

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Myanmar's biggest LGBT event returning to Yangon

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BY Oliver Slow

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Rakhine State reels after Mrauk U violence, arrests

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Myanmar to buy Russian fighter jets in deal worth more than $200m

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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Myanmar’s biggest LGBT event returning to Yangon

Organisers of the fourth installment of the Yangon &PROUD LGBT Film Festival will hold a series of events over the next two weekends.

BY Oliver Slow

Interview, Business, Features

U Ko Ko Gyi: ‘What is important is how policies impact people’s daily lives’

Some 88 Generation activists have decided the time is right for a direct role in the political arena to advance their vision for a democratic Myanmar.

BY Frontier

News, Affairs

Legal reforms to support Myanmar’s anti-corruption battle

Following the appointment of a new Anti-Corruption Commission in November, attention is turning to the need for legal reform to protect whistleblowers.

BY Hein Ko Soe

News, Affairs

Divisions harden over coal power plant in Kayin State

A Thai company planning to build a $2.8 billion power plant says its advanced technology will prevent damage to the environment, but nearby residents are sceptical.

BY Su Myat Mon

Opinion

News Feed, Education, Opinion

The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

Opinion

The NUG must commit to human rights for all Myanmar’s people

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

Stories in this issue

Editorial, Opinion

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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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

With tales of torture, campaign seeks to divide armed resistance