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ASEAN is sliding into irrelevance on Myanmar

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

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Editorial, Opinion

ASEAN is sliding into irrelevance on Myanmar

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

BY Frontier

Features

‘They look down on us for being Muslims’: Kaman marginalised in Yangon

After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.

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Features

Rights deferred: Citizenship reform mothballed in Myanmar

An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.

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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

Editorial, Opinion

When 'rule of law' is an excuse for injustice

There is a reason that there are laws such as the

BY Frontier

Affairs, Features

The unseemly rush to amend 66(d)

A hurried move to amend the notorious clause of the Telecommunications Law has generated a chorus of disapproval from journalists and civil society groups.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်တွင် အထူးအထွက်တိုးစပါး စိုက်ပျိုးရေး

ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်သည် ပထဝီ အနေအထားအရ သီးခြားဖြစ်နေသဖြင့် ရခိုင်လယ်သမားတို့မှာ ဈေးကွက်နှင့်လည်း အလှမ်းဝေး၊ အထွက်နှုန်း နှစ်ဆတိုးစေမည့် မျိုးကောင်းမျိုးသန့် စပါးမျိုးတို့ကိုလည်း လက်လှမ်းမမှီ ဖြစ်နေလေရာ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ လုံလောက်ရေးအတွက် အခက်အခဲ ဖြစ်နေကြရသည်။

BY Jennifer Macintyre

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High yield harvests

The geographical isolation of many Rakhine State farmers means they lack access to markets and paddy strains that can help double yields and ensure food security.

BY Jennifer Macintyre

Editorial, Opinion

When ‘rule of law’ is an excuse for injustice

The people of Myanmar deserve better than to have oppressive laws used against those deemed in need of a lesson.

BY Frontier

Photo Essays, Affairs, Features

With eyes to the ground, there’s jade to be found

Easy pickings are a distant memory in one of the nation’s most isolated jade mining areas, but that hasn’t stopped hopeful fossickers.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Bizfeed, Business

Long-awaited companies law submitted to parliament

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Affairs, Opinion

Three reporters, many unanswered questions

The case of the three reporters detained by the Tatmadaw in Shan State last month and charged under the 1908 Unlawful Association Act has raised a number of questions, but answers are elusive.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Affairs, Features

The elephant killings

A cluster of villages near Yangon has emerged as an elephant poaching hotspot, with some accusing local police of underreporting the problem.

BY Sam Aung Moon

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

Stories in this issue

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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