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Pangs of guilt: Exiles in India torn between safety and resistance

Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.

BY Emily Fishbein

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Pangs of guilt: Exiles in India torn between safety and resistance

BY Emily Fishbein

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Parents, teachers and students boycott ‘slave education system’

With an entire academic year already lost to the pandemic, the junta says schools will reopen on June 1, but teachers, students and their parents are refusing to attend or enroll in schools administered by generals and policed by soldiers.

BY Frontier

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As striking staff return to work, Myanmar’s banks face a cash crunch

Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.

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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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As farmers suffer, ANP implicated in Sittwe land-grab

An investigation into the seizure of valuable farming land in Sittwe is likely to make uncomfortable reading for some politicians and public servants when it is tabled in the Rakhine assembly later this month.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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A New Year’s resolution

With the next peace conference in jeopardy, it is time for the government to fundamentally change its approach to the peace process.

BY Frontier & Frontier

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CB signs contract with US-German company to double ATM network

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Thai delegation to visit for talks on expanding trade, investment

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Questioning the official line on Rakhine

The government’s blanket rejection of abuse allegations in Maungdaw and refusal to conduct a serious investigation may be popular in Myanmar, but will make it harder to address the issues underpinning the insurgency.

BY Oliver Slow

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LGBT beauty queen behind bars after actress files defamation suit

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BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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“ကလေးတွေ ပညာသင်ခွင့်ရဖို့ ကျွန်မတို့ ကြိုးစားတယ်” မစ္စ ဖရန်ဆက်စ်ကွန်

ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ ချတ်ထရီယမ် ဟိုတယ်မှာ နိုဝင်ဘာလ ၂၂ ရက်မှာ ကျင်းပတဲ့ Music for Myanmar ရန်ပုံငွေပွဲကို Link for Aid ပရဟိတအဖွဲ့က စီစဉ်ကျင်းပတာဖြစ်ပြီး ယင်းပရဟိတအဖွဲ့ တည်ထောင်သူ ခရီးသွားစာရေးဆရာမ မစ္စ ပါမီလာ မက်ကုတ် ဖရန်ဆက်စ်ကွန် Pamela

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ကလေးတွေ ပညာသင်ခွင့်ရဖို့ ကျွန်မတို့ ကြိုးစားတယ် မစ္စ ဖရန်ဆက်စ်ကွန်

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Bridging the divide in Bilu Kyun

A bridge being built across the Thanlwin River at Mawlamyine will bring positive change to scenic, rural Bilu Kyun but some residents worry about the possible negative impact of development on the environment.

BY Hein Ko Soe

‘Social punishment’ campaign turns the tables on military elite

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Podcast: Wrongful arrest

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Video: A midwife’s tale

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

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Podcast: Wrongful arrest

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Video: A midwife’s tale

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

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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