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Fraudulent money lenders prey on the vulnerable

Online loan app scams have exploded in Myanmar amid a deep economic crisis, trapping victims with predatory interest rates and blackmailing them after accessing their personal data.

BY Frontier

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Fraudulent money lenders prey on the vulnerable

Online loan app scams have exploded in Myanmar amid a deep economic crisis, trapping victims with predatory interest rates and blackmailing them after accessing their personal data.

BY Frontier

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Conservation breakdown imperils Myanmar’s Irrawaddy dolphins

Vital conservation activities have been suspended since the 2021 coup, while growing conflict and lawlessness have fuelled a reported rise in illegal fishing techniques that threaten the endangered species.

BY Frontier

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The musician and the soldier: Two revolutionary lives

A frontline medic writes of two individuals she met in Kayah State, whose stories exemplify the diverse ways Myanmar’s youth are contributing to, and sacrificing for, the revolution.

BY Frontier

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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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Mon Hluttaw deputy speaker responds to dismissal rumours after bridge protest

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Top of the class at Yangon's international schools

Despite soaring tuition fees, enrolments are growing strongly at Yangon’s international schools as Myanmar parents seek a pathway to a prestigious foreign university for their children.

BY Charlotte Rose

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Kokang fighting the latest setback to peace process

There is confusion about the reasons behind this month's attack by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, but one thing is certain – it is yet another blow to the government's peace process.

BY Frontier & Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Challenges remain as Myanmar rises on key UN development benchmark

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu & Sean Gleeson

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Commission members called us liars, say Rohingya in Bangladesh

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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မွန်လွှတ်တော် ဒုဥက္ကဋ္ဌကို တာဝန်မှ ရုပ်သိမ်းရန်စီစဉ်နေဟု သတင်းထွက်ပေါ်

ဗိုလ်ချုပ်အောင်ဆန်းတံတားအမည်ပေးမှုကို ကန့်ကွက်ရာမှာ ဦးဆောင်ပါဝင်ခဲ့တဲ့ မွန်ဒေသလုံးဆိုင်ရာ ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်ပါတီဝင် မွန်ပြည်နယ် လွှတ်တော် ဒုတိယဥက္ကဋ္ဌကို တာဝန်ကနေ ရုပ်သိမ်းဖို့ စီစဉ်နေတယ်ဆိုတဲ့ သတင်းတွေ ထွက်ပေါ်နေပါတယ်။

BY Frontier

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Top of the class at Yangon’s international schools

Despite soaring fees, enrolments are growing at Yangon’s international schools as parents seek a pathway to a prestigious foreign university for their children.

BY Charlotte Rose

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Fresh protests in Rakhine over citizenship verification

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BY Su Myat Mon

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I want my family to eat’: The children fuelling Myanmar’s economic boom

With one in five kids aged 10-17 in work, Myanmar is one of the worst countries in the world for child labour.

BY AFP

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CDM numbers shrink as participants face obstacles in work, travel and life

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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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