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‘I can’t just sit and watch my family starve’: Yangon’s lockdown pushes informal workers to breaking point

Since health authorities introduced stay-at-home orders for Yangon in September, informal workers and small business owners have faced a grim struggle to make ends meet amid a lack of government assistance.

BY Htin Lynn Aung

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‘I can’t just sit and watch my family starve’: Yangon’s lockdown pushes informal workers to breaking point

BY Htin Lynn Aung

News Feed, 2020 Election, Breaking News, News

Hard talk or hate speech? Outlet spreads disinformation and bigotry under guise of political commentary

The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.

BY Andrew Nachemson, Phone Htet Naung & Banyar Kyaw

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Photo Essays, Features

Bridging the divide in Bilu Kyun

A bridge being built across the Thanlwin River at Mawlamyine will bring positive change to scenic, rural Bilu Kyun but some residents worry about the possible negative impact of development on the environment.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Bizfeed, Business

Out with the old as Myanmar restricts used car imports

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BY AFP

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More than 4 million Myanmar people living abroad: UNFPA

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BY Oliver Slow

Affairs, Features

‘Smiling’ Irrawaddy dolphins on brink of extinction

Loved for generations for corralling the catch into fishermen's nets, Irrawaddy dolphins are being killed in record numbers in recent years.

BY AFP

News, Affairs

Sceptical drivers say seatbelts not needed in Yangon

Road accidents and fatalities are rising but many Yangon motorists don’t see the need to wear seatbelts – apparently unaware that the devices can protect them from awful injuries, or worse.

BY Su Myat Mon

Affairs, Features

For non-Bamar defendants, justice lost in translation

Lawyers say translation problems for ethnic minorities who do not speak the dominant language has resulted in miscarriages of justice.

BY Htun Khaing

News Feed, News

OIC to ask Myanmar for unconditional aid access to Rohingya

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Opinion

2020 Election, News, Opinion

The NLD needs to re-think its assumptions about land

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

News Feed, 2020 Election, Opinion

Political violence a threat to Myanmar’s election

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Myanmar feels the pain as COVID-19 hits key sectors hard

Doh Athan

Podcast: rape and domestic violence rise amid the pandemic

Doh Athan

Podcast: Chin State communities afraid to vote

Doh Athan

Podcast: Tamu man says he and grandson beaten, tortured by police

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID Confusion

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Volume 6, Issue 12

October 22, 2020

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What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

Kyaw Myint is just the tiniest tip of a very large iceberg of criminal activity in Myanmar’s business community, but as long as you steer clear of politics you’re unlikely to get caught.

magazine, News Feed, News

Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.

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