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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.

BY Frontier

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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)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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Exorcist’ sentenced to death for Twante child murders

A self-proclaimed sorcerer was sentenced to death by a Yangon court on Tuesday for killing three children in an exorcism ritual he believed would banish evil spirits.

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Puma Energy chief: 'Competition will help to improve standards and pricing'

One of your businesses, Puma Energy Asia Sun, recently became the first foreign investor to get permission from the Myanmar Investment Commission to import, distribute and sell fuel, breaking a monopoly held by local companies. As a policy decision from the government, how significant was that?

BY Thomas Kean

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Myanmar 101: Burma in World War II

A timeline of the Japanese invasion, British defeat, Allied reoccupation and political turmoil that would set the stage for an independent Burma.

BY Jared Downing

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Puma Energy chief: ‘Competition will help to improve standards and pricing’

Puma Energy country manager David Holden on the domestic petroleum products market.

BY Thomas Kean

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The challenge of forging a new Tatmadaw

One of the greatest challenges of the peace process will be to decide what kind of Tatmadaw will be most compatible with the people’s aspirations for a future democratic federal Union.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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တပ်မတော်နှင့် ပတ်သက်သည့် သရော်စာ ရေးသားဖြန့်ဝေသည်ဟုဆိုကာ အမှုဖွင့်ခံထားရသည့် The Voice အယ်ဒီတာချုပ် ဦးကျော်မင်းဆွေ၏ ဒုတိယအကြိမ်မြောက် အာမခံလျှောက်ထားမှုကို ဗဟန်းမြို့နယ် တရားရုံးက ယနေ့ ပယ်ချလိုက်ကာ ဆောင်းပါးရေးသူ ဗြိတိသျှကိုကိုမောင်ကိုမူ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အမှု ရုပ်သိမ်းကာ ပြန်လွှတ်ပေးလိုက်သည်။

BY Hein Ko Soe

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Repositioning Myanmar through the Belt and Road Initiative

The ambitious project being pushed by Beijing could have a significant impact in Myanmar, not least for the country’s long drawn-out peace process.

BY Amara Thiha

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Four foreigners hit with heavy prison terms over ATM fraud

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BY Su Myat Mon

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Satirist released, Voice editor denied bail in military defamation case

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BY Hein Ko Soe

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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

Latest Issue

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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