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Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

With commercialism and escapism fuelling the domestic art scene, and exhibitions abroad trying to recapture the spirit of post-coup protests, many in Myanmar are deprived of work that reflects their new reality.

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Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

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‘Everything was destroyed’: Families find new homes after military attacks

A charity group has responded to the military’s brutal arson campaign in Sagaing Region by building palm huts for those who lost their houses, but it’s struggling to keep up with the rate of devastation.

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Migrant schools in Thailand overwhelmed by post-coup arrivals

Cash-strapped schools on the border are struggling to accommodate children fleeing war and poverty in Myanmar, while teachers in the Civil Disobedience Movement who fled to Thailand have to work in fields and factories due to lack of support.

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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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နိုင်ငံတော်အင်္ဂါစဉ်မှာ နံပါတ် (၅)နေရာရှိပြီး အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေနဲ့ကြုံလာရရင် တိုင်းပြည်စီမံ ခန့်ခွဲမှုကို အဓိကတာဝန်ယူရမယ့် အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီရဲ့ အဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးအဖြစ်လည်း တာဝန်ရှိတဲ့ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ရာထူးကို အာဏာရပါတီဝင်မဟုတ်သူတစ်ဦးထံ အပ်နှင်းလိုက်တဲ့ ကိစ္စအပေါ် ပူပန်သူတွေ ရှိနေပါတယ်။

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U Htin Kyaw resignation ‘planned in advance’, wife says

Daw Su Su Lwin, the wife of outgoing president U Htin Kyaw has denied reports that her husband retired this week due to poor health.

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Myaing Gyi Ngu's uneasy peace in Kayin State

While the people of Kayin State have largely benefited from the decision by three Karen armed groups to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, conflict and religious tension remain a fact of life in the DKBA-controlled Myaing Gyi Ngu region.

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Reuters journalists clock up 100 days in jail

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T Khun Myat: Who is the new Pyithu speaker?

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Fraser & Neave returns to Myanmar’s beer market

Singapore’s Fraser & Neave has received permission to return to Myanmar's beer market, where it would compete against its former partner, military-owned UMEHL

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Myaing Gyi Ngu’s uneasy peace in Kayin State

While the people of Kayin State have largely benefited from the NCA, conflict and religious tension remain a fact of life in Myaing Gyi Ngu.

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Fraser & Neave returns to Myanmar’s beer market

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Episode 22: Contraception use in Myanmar

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BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Htet Htet Naing

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Myanmar’s divided art world risks leaving the public behind

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How internal conflict in Shan State has kept it aloof from the Spring Revolution

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The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

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The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

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No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

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No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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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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