The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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BY Oliver Slow
With barely two months left until the end of Central Bank Governor U Kyaw Kyaw Maung’s term, Frontier examines the field of potential replacements.
Most tourists come to Thanbyuzayat – the terminus of the Thai-Burma railway – for its war cemetery and museum, but traces of the Japanese occupation can also be discovered in the mountains surrounding the town.
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The United Kingdom is lending a hand on a project that will assess the condition of the state-of-the-art sewerage system it built in Rangoon during the colonial era.
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The United Kingdom is lending a hand on a project that will assess the condition of the state-of-the-art sewerage system it built in Rangoon during the colonial era.
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