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No laughing matter: Meet the junta’s court jesters

Myanmar’s military regime has tried to recruit comedians in its propaganda war, but while some performers have chosen to serve the generals, many more are using their wit for the revolution.

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No laughing matter: Meet the junta’s court jesters

Myanmar’s military regime has tried to recruit comedians in its propaganda war, but while some performers have chosen to serve the generals, many more are using their wit for the revolution.

BY Frontier

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Hard grind: Migrants in Thailand face steep costs to stay legal

An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.

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‘It was all lies’: Myanmar’s military widows denied pensions and payouts

There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.

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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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New York Times chides Daw Suu over ‘repressive measures’ against media

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Tatmadaw meets ANP ahead of hluttaw debate

Leaders of the Arakan National Party held talks with Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday ahead of a key debate in the Amyotha Hluttaw.

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450,000 illegal Myanmar workers in Thailand meet registration deadline

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တောင့်တင်းလုံလောက်သည့် လုံခြုံရေးစီမံပေးရန် မောင်တောရှိ ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများ တောင်းဆို

တောင့်တင်းလုံလောက်သည့် လုံခြုံရေးရှိမှသာ မိမိတို့ နေရပ်တွင် အစဉ်အမြဲပြန်လည်နေထိုင်ရန် ဖြစ်နိုင်မည်ဟု လွန်ခဲ့သည့် ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွင်း မေယုတောင်တန်းအနီးတဝိုက် ရခိုင်ရွာများမှ ရသေ့တောင်မြို့နယ်၊ စေတီပြင်ရွာသို့ ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်လာခဲ့ကြသူ ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများက ပြောကြားကြသည်။

BY Hein Ko Soe

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China’s military reform and Myanmar’s security dynamic

Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army in China has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.

BY Amara Thiha

Editorial, Opinion

The unnatural order of things

Does Myanmar want an authoritarian state with a few democratic accoutrements? Or does it want a society in which the powerful can genuinely be held to account?

BY Frontier & Frontier

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China's military reform and Myanmar’s security dynamic

Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army initiated by President Xi Jinping has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.

BY Amara Thiha

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Returning Rakhine villagers call for more security

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BY Hein Ko Soe

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The master harp maker and an imperilled craft

A master craftsman in the art of making Burmese harps fears for the future of one of the country’s best-known traditional instruments.

BY Su Myat Mon

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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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