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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A new report has said that Schedule Two of the 2008 constitution is where the “big debates” about Myanmar’s future converge, and that the section is key to opening discussions about amending the controversial charter.
Development in the Kayin hills might be an exploitative, foreign-owned playground for the rich, but it is progress all the same.
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Coffee is catching on as a cash crop in the Shan hills, helped by programmes aimed at raising quality and finding international buyers.
Significant changes have been made to ruling National League for Democracy in recent weeks, including naming a potential successor to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as its leader.
A village administrator has been sacked for refusing to take legal action against villagers in an increasingly nasty dispute involving a Kayin State quarry, an Asian Development Bank-funded road project and a Border Guard Force.
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In the first in a two-part series, Frontier’s senior correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu journeys across central Myanmar to study the history and legacy of the country’s long and complex relationship with Islam – and meet the many Muslims who are eschewing conservative strains of the religion.
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