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‘We have nothing to rely on but Allah’: Meiktila’s Muslims see little hope in election

Seven years after Buddhist mobs burned down mosques and slaughtered dozens of children at an Islamic school, hundreds of Muslims remain displaced and they say the NLD government has done little to help heal or rebuild since.

BY Swe Lei Mon

magazine, News Feed, News, Features

‘We have nothing to rely on but Allah’: Meiktila’s Muslims see little hope in election

BY Swe Lei Mon

News Feed, 2020 Election, Breaking News, News

Hard talk or hate speech? Outlet spreads disinformation and bigotry under guise of political commentary

The Myanmar Hard Talk Facebook page took advantage of the grey area between outright disinformation and legitimate political commentary to spread a nationalist, pro-military agenda.

BY Andrew Nachemson, Phone Htet Naung & Banyar Kyaw

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မြန်မာအစိုးရ၏ ဖိတ်ကြားချက်အရ ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး ညီလာခံသို့ တရုတ်အစိုးရ၏ အထူးကိုယ်စားလှယ် တက်ရောက်နေ

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Victim’s sister slams ‘bungled’ Koh Tao investigation

A Facebook post by the sister of Koh Tao murder victim Hannah Witheridge has raised further questions about the convictions of two Myanmar migrant workers.

BY Peter Janssen

Business

Yoma secures 50-year lease extension for Landmark site

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BY Oliver Slow

Business

Thailand to push for big trade increase at Nay Pyi Taw talks

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BY Frontier & Frontier

Business

Draft bill targets high-rise projects that flaunt rules

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BY Soe Than Lynn

News Feed

တိုင်းရင်းသား လက်နက်ကိုင်များ တပ်မတော်သို့ ဝင်လိုပါက ဖိတ်ခေါ်ကြိုဆိုမည်ဟု ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ပြောကြား

တစ်နိုင်ငံလုံး ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး ရရှိရေးအတွက် တပ်မတော်အနေဖြင့်လည်း အဖြစ်နိုင်ဆုံး၊ အကောင်းဆုံး အားပေး ထောက်ခံ ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်မည်

BY Frontier & Soe Than Lynn

Bizfeed

IFC to invest $25m in City Mart Holdings expansion

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BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed

Income tax debate delayed on exemptions talk

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BY Soe Than Lynn

News Feed

Ethnic armed groups ‘welcome’ to join military, says Min Aung Hlaing

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BY Soe Than Lynn

Opinion

2020 Election, News, Opinion

The NLD needs to re-think its assumptions about land

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

News Feed, 2020 Election, Opinion

Political violence a threat to Myanmar’s election

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Myanmar feels the pain as COVID-19 hits key sectors hard

Doh Athan

Podcast: rape and domestic violence rise amid the pandemic

Doh Athan

Podcast: Chin State communities afraid to vote

Doh Athan

Podcast: Tamu man says he and grandson beaten, tortured by police

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID Confusion

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Volume 6, Issue 12

October 22, 2020

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What Kyaw Myint’s downfall tells us about doing business in Myanmar

Kyaw Myint is just the tiniest tip of a very large iceberg of criminal activity in Myanmar’s business community, but as long as you steer clear of politics you’re unlikely to get caught.

magazine, News Feed, News

Myths, militias and the destruction of Loi Sam Sip

Activists in northern Shan State have been fighting for years to protect a culturally and environmentally important mountain range but face opposition from Tatmadaw-aligned militias – and a company linked to the speaker of Myanmar’s national parliament.

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