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‘We will win’: Northern Alliance doubles down

Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.

BY Sam Foot

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‘We will win’: Northern Alliance doubles down

Some powerful ethnic armed groups are increasingly throwing their weight behind Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement, seemingly defying China and other allies to take on the military.

BY Sam Foot

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Border trade sees tentative revival as China relaxes zero-COVID rules

Trade between the once-thriving border towns of Muse and Ruili is restarting after nearly three years, but remains restricted to a trickle of trucks, with Myanmar wary of the COVID-19 surge in China.

BY Frontier

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Thousands face a nervous wait as junta freezes passport renewals

The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.

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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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India blames Myanmar for Kaladan project delays

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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Probe finds MICA deals brought 'few benefits' for government

Lawmakers say deals agreed by the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency should be renegotiated after uncovering irregularities in the agency’s activities.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Bumpy roads for Myanmar's automotive market after end to used car imports

The government has finally closed the door on the import of used vehicles from Japan, but many are concerned that the policy changes have put cars out of reach for all but the wealthiest households.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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Two new ministries established to 'ease workload' for govt

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Govt officials push coal plant at investment fair

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BY Su Myat Mon

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Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to start refugee return in two months

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BY AFP

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ချန်ပီယံသစ် ပေါ်ထွက်ခဲ့သလို လိဂ်ကို လက်ပြနှုတ်ဆက်ခဲ့တဲ့ အသင်းတွေ စံချိန်တင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ဘောလုံးရာသီ

ချန်ပီယံသစ် ပေါ်ထွက်လာပေမယ့် ကမောက်ကမဖြစ်စဉ်တွေနဲ့ပြည့်နှက်နေခဲ့တဲ့၂၀၁၇ မြန်မာနေရှင်နယ်လိဂ်ဘောလုံးရာသီဟာ မကြာမီက ပြီးဆုံးသွားခဲ့ပြီဖြစ်သလို လိဂ်ကို လက်ပြနှုတ်ဆက်သွားခဲ့တဲ့ အသင်းတွေ စံချိန်တင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ရာသီလည်း ဖြစ်ပါတယ်

BY Frontier

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Two new ministries established to ‘ease workload’ for govt

The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has voted in favour of forming two new ministries aimed at easing the workload of the current administration.

BY Frontier

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Probe finds MICA deals brought ‘few benefits’ for government

Lawmakers say deals agreed by the Myanmar International Cooperation Agency should be renegotiated after uncovering irregularities in the agency’s activities.

BY Frontier

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Myanmar’s mental health crisis needs an inclusive fix

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How the BURMA Act passed congress

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From the coup to something called an ‘election’

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Why military defections still matter to Myanmar’s revolution

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Forced out by fire

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Families fear for political prisoners being denied healthcare

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Risking their lives to teach children in conflict zones

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Seven months after airstrikes, forgotten families still line the banks of the Thaung Yin River

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Forced out by fire

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Families fear for political prisoners being denied healthcare

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Risking their lives to teach children in conflict zones

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Seven months after airstrikes, forgotten families still line the banks of the Thaung Yin River

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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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