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Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

A split in the Tatmadaw has been unlikely since its founding in 1962, but a steady increase in defections and desertions since the coup amid plunging morale has some questioning whether unity can be maintained within the nation’s most powerful institution.

BY Ye Myo Hein

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Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

BY Ye Myo Hein

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Channelling hate and disinformation: Myanmar’s bad actors move to Telegram

Since being banned from Facebook, some of the most prominent spreaders of hate speech and disinformation have moved to Telegram, and fact-checkers say the messaging app is doing little to regulate its platform.

BY Andrew Nachemson

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‘Workers have lost all their rights’: Coup and third wave leave factory workers at risk

Some factory owners have been accused of exploiting and failing to protect their employees during the latest COVID-19 outbreak, and with unions lying low since the coup, workers are unable to seek redress.

BY Frontier

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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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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

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 ensure the commission’s independence and protect whistleblowers.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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Bangladesh announces delay in refugee return

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BY AFP

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Thailand, Myanmar launch joint border patrols on Moei River

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Cars, railways and cattle: China’s economic interests in Myanmar

Chinese businesspeople see significant potential in Myanmar, particularly in the auto market after Nay Pyi Taw banned imports of right-hand drive cars, and Beijing is also pushing for a Muse-Kyaukphyu railway and cattle farms.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Colliers tips industrial sector as star real estate performer in 2018

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

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Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

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The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Podcast: Locals battle checkpoints and movement restrictions in Dawei

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Podcast: Locals battle checkpoints and movement restrictions in Dawei

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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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