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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.

BY Frontier

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

BY Frontier

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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.

BY Frontier

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Bangladesh, the Rohingya and the new reality in Rakhine

Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.

BY Frontier

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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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၂၁ ရာစုပင်လုံ ဒုတိယညီလာခံမှာ သဘောမတူနိုင်ခဲ့တာ ဘာတွေလဲ၊ ဘာဆက်လုပ်မှာလဲ

နိုင်ငံရေးကဏ္ဍမှာ အထက်ပါ ရှစ်ချက်ကို သဘောမတူနိုင်ခဲ့တာဟာ နိုင်ငံတော်၏ နယ်မြေအပိုင်းအခြားဟူသမျှသည် နိုင်ငံတော်မှ မည်သည့်အခါမှ ခွဲမထွက်ရဆိုတဲ့ အခြေခံမူဝါဒကို ညှိနှိုင်းမရတာကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။

BY Frontier

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Facebook ‘ban’ of anti-Muslim slur sparks outcry

Myanmar netizens were in uproar on Monday after Facebook seemingly banned people from posting the word 'kalar', often used as a slur against Muslims.

BY AFP

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I feel lucky to have come here and had this chance’

At one drug rehabilitation centre in Mogok, support and friendship are helping some beat their addiction.

BY Thomas Kean

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Aung San Suu Kyi amends her stand on constitutional reform

Constitutional reform was once the overriding priority of the National League for Democracy but the party has put the issue on the back burner since it formed government.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Footage of apparent army beating in Shan State emerges as peace talks continue

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BY AFP

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UN slams Myanmar, Thailand for deporting Turk

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BY AFP

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Displaced by violence, Kaman yearn for home as hopes dim

Five years after being displaced in Rakhine violence, Kaman Muslim IDPs air concerns over rights and resettlement.

BY Myanmar Now

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Ma Ba Tha leaders mock Sangha committee ban

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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

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

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