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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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Thousands face a nervous wait as junta freezes passport renewals

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Border battles: Fighting for control in Rakhine

Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.

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Debt and desperation driving overseas kidney sales

An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.

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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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သတင်းထောက်သုံးဦးအမှု သီပေါမှာ စတင်စစ်ဆေး

တစ်လကျော် ထိန်းသိမ်းခံနေရတဲ့ သတင်းထောက်သုံးဦးကို မူလချိန်းဆိုတဲ့ရုံးချိန်းရက်ထက် အကြိမ်ကြိမ် စောပြီး ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့တာကြောင့် ဒီတစ်ခေါက် ဇူလိုင် ၂၈ ရက်နေ့ ရုံးချိန်းရက်မတိုင်ခင်ကတည်းက သတင်းထောက်တွေက သီပေါမြို့မှာ ရက်အတော်ကြာ ကြိုတင်ရောက်ရှိ စုဝေးနေခဲ့ကြပါတယ်။

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At the Michael Kyaw Myint trial, intrigue and retribution

After making public accusations of corruption against an associate of the Yangon Region chief minister, a man finds himself caught in a legal labyrinth.

BY Su Myat Mon

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Parliament agrees to public education campaign for H1N1 outbreak

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Case against detained journalists finally begins in Hsipaw

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BY Htun Khaing

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Angry mob forces destruction of home in Kyaukpadaung after ‘mosque’ rumours

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Pet cafe trend catching on in Yangon

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When 'rule of law' is an excuse for injustice

There is a reason that there are laws such as the

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The unseemly rush to amend 66(d)

A hurried move to amend the notorious clause of the Telecommunications Law has generated a chorus of disapproval from journalists and civil society groups.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်တွင် အထူးအထွက်တိုးစပါး စိုက်ပျိုးရေး

ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်သည် ပထဝီ အနေအထားအရ သီးခြားဖြစ်နေသဖြင့် ရခိုင်လယ်သမားတို့မှာ ဈေးကွက်နှင့်လည်း အလှမ်းဝေး၊ အထွက်နှုန်း နှစ်ဆတိုးစေမည့် မျိုးကောင်းမျိုးသန့် စပါးမျိုးတို့ကိုလည်း လက်လှမ်းမမှီ ဖြစ်နေလေရာ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ လုံလောက်ရေးအတွက် အခက်အခဲ ဖြစ်နေကြရသည်။

BY Jennifer Macintyre

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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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