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A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

Features

A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.

BY Esther Wah

News Feed, Science

Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.

BY Frontier

Highlights

News Feed, News

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)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

Affairs, Features

Ma Ba Tha to rebrand, form political party

At a fiery conference in Yangon, Ma Ba Tha leaders announced a change in name for the group and plans to enter formal politics through the registration of a new party.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Affairs

'I feel lucky to have come here and had this chance'

Communities in Myanmar have responded in varying ways to the problem of drug abuse. At one rehabilitation centre in Mogok, support and friendship are helping some beat their addiction.

BY Thomas Kean

Affairs, Features

Finally, a college in the Chin hills

The first state-run tertiary education college to open in Chin State since independence is trying to stem local brain drain and nurture a new generation of professionals.

BY Jared Downing

News Feed, Features

၂၁ ရာစုပင်လုံ ဒုတိယညီလာခံမှာ သဘောမတူနိုင်ခဲ့တာ ဘာတွေလဲ၊ ဘာဆက်လုပ်မှာလဲ

နိုင်ငံရေးကဏ္ဍမှာ အထက်ပါ ရှစ်ချက်ကို သဘောမတူနိုင်ခဲ့တာဟာ နိုင်ငံတော်၏ နယ်မြေအပိုင်းအခြားဟူသမျှသည် နိုင်ငံတော်မှ မည်သည့်အခါမှ ခွဲမထွက်ရဆိုတဲ့ အခြေခံမူဝါဒကို ညှိနှိုင်းမရတာကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။

BY Frontier

News Feed, News

Facebook ‘ban’ of anti-Muslim slur sparks outcry

Myanmar netizens were in uproar on Monday after Facebook seemingly banned people from posting the word 'kalar', often used as a slur against Muslims.

BY AFP

Affairs, Features

I feel lucky to have come here and had this chance’

At one drug rehabilitation centre in Mogok, support and friendship are helping some beat their addiction.

BY Thomas Kean

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Aung San Suu Kyi amends her stand on constitutional reform

Constitutional reform was once the overriding priority of the National League for Democracy but the party has put the issue on the back burner since it formed government.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

News Feed, News

Footage of apparent army beating in Shan State emerges as peace talks continue

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BY AFP

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

Editorial, Opinion

Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

Opinion

Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

Doh Athan

Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

Doh Athan

SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

Doh Athan

In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

Doh Athan

Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

Doh Athan

SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

Doh Athan

In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

Doh Athan

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

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.

News Feed, News

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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A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders