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Chinese base or wild rumour? The Coco Islands mystery

Recent construction on militarised islands off Myanmar has sent the media into a tizzy, but despite rampant speculation, experts say it’s unlikely China is behind it, though India may still have cause for concern.

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Chinese base or wild rumour? The Coco Islands mystery

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Features

‘People trust the AA’: Aid restrictions backfire on the regime

Following the devastation of Cyclone Mocha, the Arakan Army says it will work with the military regime to help people in Rakhine, but that cooperative spirit appears to be one-sided, with the junta still facing accusations of holding up aid for political purposes.

BY Frontier

Interview

A day in the life of a Shwe Kokko scammer

Many workers brought to criminal hubs in Southeast Asia have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, but some are seeking a payday despite the risks. Frontier spoke to two workers – one in online gambling the other in online scams – about their daily lives, working conditions and what brought them to Shwe Kokko.

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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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At rest in Yangon's cemeteries

Scattered throughout Yangon are sites honouring the memory of men and women, famous and unknown, Burmese and foreigners, who rest in peace.

BY Jared Downing

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Arrests as Yangon authorities tear down Hlegu slum

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59 bodies recovered from Andaman Sea as search continues for remaining victims

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Opinion

Colonialism, nationalism and the Burmese dream

The Burmese dream finds expression in the late Thu Maung’s classic song “Nagani” but its message is about more than pride and patriotism and is critical for the nation’s future.

BY Khin Chan Myae Maung

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At rest in Yangon’s cemeteries

Scattered throughout Yangon are sites honouring the memory of men and women, famous and unknown, Burmese and foreigners, who rest in peace.

BY Jared Downing

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The ‘patriots’ exploiting religion who want a return to junta rule

Evidence is emerging that a shadowy group of “patriots” nostalgic for junta rule is exploiting religion in the hope of creating a national emergency that would justify a Tatmadaw takeover.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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တိုးတက်မှု တစုံတရာ မချပြနိုင်ခဲ့တဲ့ ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းအစိုးရ ရှင်းလင်းပွဲ

ရန်ကုန်မှာ အဓိက ခံစားနေရတဲ့ ပြဿနာတွေ ဖြစ်တဲ့ ရေကြီးရေလျှံတာ၊ လျှပ်စစ်မီး မလုံလောက်တာ၊ ကားကြပ်တာ၊ ဘာသာရေး၊ လူမျိုးရေးလှုံ့ဆော်မှုတွေ၊ အမုန်းစကား ပြောနေမှုတွေနဲ့ နေ့စဉ် လမ်းပန်းဆက်သွယ်ရေး ခက်ခဲမှုတွေ၊ အလုပ်သမားပြဿနာတွေ စသည်ဖြင့် များလှတဲ့အရေးတွေကို တနှစ်ကျော်လာပြီဖြစ်တဲ့ ရန်ကုန်အစိုးရအနေနဲ့ ဘာတွေများ လုပ်ပြီးနေပြီလဲ၊ ဘာတွေ ဆောင်ရွက်ဖို့ ရှိသလဲဆိုတာ စိတ်ဝင်စားစရာကောင်းလှပါတယ်။

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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New agreement to open doors for Singapore firms in Myanmar

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Thailand’s Exim Bank chooses Yangon for first overseas office

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Opinion

How internal conflict in Shan State has kept it aloof from the Spring Revolution

Opinion

The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

Opinion

The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military

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The empire struck back: Oliver Slow’s ‘Return of the Junta’ reviewed

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

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No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

Doh Athan

The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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Northern Shan IDPs are forced to return ‘home’ with no assistance

Doh Athan

No respite from heat for Yangon’s factory workers

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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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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