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Migrants face arrest and exploitation in Thailand’s shadow economy

Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.

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Migrants face arrest and exploitation in Thailand’s shadow economy

Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.

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Editorial, Opinion

Is the NUG ready for the world stage?

If the National Unity Government wants to be taken seriously on the international stage, it needs to put forward a coherent, united, powerful vision for Myanmar’s future.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.

BY Esther Wah

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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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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

BY Frontier

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ကလေးတွေ ပညာသင်ခွင့်ရဖို့ ကျွန်မတို့ ကြိုးစားတယ် မစ္စ ဖရန်ဆက်စ်ကွန်

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

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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BY Frontier & Frontier

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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

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Out with the old as Myanmar restricts used car imports

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BY AFP

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More than 4 million Myanmar people living abroad: UNFPA

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BY Oliver Slow

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

Is the NUG ready for the world stage?

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

Editorial, Opinion

Terrorism by any other name

Opinion

Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

Doh Athan

Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

Doh Athan

SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

Doh Athan

In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

Doh Athan

Blood transfusions drying up

Doh Athan

Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

Doh Athan

SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

Doh Athan

In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

Doh Athan

Blood transfusions drying up

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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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