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Treading carefully: KIO navigates rocky ethnic terrain in new territory

The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.

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Treading carefully: KIO navigates rocky ethnic terrain in new territory

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A ‘new chapter’? The future of rare earth mining under KIO rule

Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.

BY Frontier

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India must do more for Myanmar refugees in Mizoram

Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.

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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NLD researcher among 1,800 prisoners freed under pardon for Thingyan

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Down, but not out

Journalists with a commitment to reporting the facts can be at risk of paying a price for their professionalism when publishers are pusillanimous.

BY Roger Mitton

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Watchdog urges prompt action to apprehend publisher’s killer

U Wai Yan Heinn, the publisher and editor of Iron News, was found knifed to death at his Yangon office last Sunday.

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India reports big rise in seizures of gold smuggled from Myanmar

Authorities in India confiscated gold worth about US$543,000 (K735 million) earlier this month in the latest seizure of the precious metal being smuggled into the country from Myanmar, media reports said.

BY Frontier

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NGOs urge release of all political prisoners on third anniversary of NLD stalwart’s death

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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A cyberspace solution for monitoring hate speech

Two tech whizzes are developing artificial intelligence software that will provide groups that counter hate speech with a powerful research tool.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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အကြွေးသံသရာကို အဆုံးသတ်ခြင်း

ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်ဟာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရဲ့ ဖွံ့ဖြိုးမှုအနည်းဆုံးဒေသဖြစ်ပြီး ၂၀၁၄ ခုနှစ်မှာ ကမ္ဘာ့ဘဏ်ရဲ့ အကဲဖြတ်ချက်အရ လူ ၁၀ ဦးအနက် ၈ ဦးလောက်ဟာ ဆင်းရဲမွဲတေစွာ နေထိုင်ကြရပါတယ်။ ကျေးလက်နေပြည်သူတွေ သူတို့ရဲ့ကျေးရွာတွေ စီးပွားရေး တည်ငြိမ်မှုရှိရေး၊ သူတို့ရဲ့လူမှုအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းတွေ အစားအစာဖူလုံရေးတို့အတွက် ဘဏ္ဍာရေးအလားအလားကောင်းတွေ ရှိနေဖို့က မဖြစ်မနေလိုအပ်လှပါတယ်။

BY Jennifer Macintyre

Opinion

Changes take time, but commitment matters

A review of the NLD-led government’s performance on its first anniversary reveals a disappointing failure to honour election campaign promises for greater transparency.

BY Debby Chan

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Slow progress: A timeline of the NLD’s first year in office

Successes and setbacks have marked a challenging first year in office for the NLD as it strives to implement a comprehensive reform agenda.

BY Oliver Slow

Opinion

India must do more for Myanmar refugees in Mizoram

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For a peaceful Rakhine, the AA must right past and present wrongs

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What the Miss Grand International incident reveals about Myanmar’s political psychology

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Goodbye, Ko Htet Wai

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Lashio prisoners say they were fired on and locked in during battle

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‘The cruel waves’: Myanmar migrants remember the tsunami

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Escaping domestic violence while confined to a refugee camp

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IDPs suffering malnutrition as aid sources decline

Opinion

India must do more for Myanmar refugees in Mizoram

Opinion

For a peaceful Rakhine, the AA must right past and present wrongs

Opinion

What the Miss Grand International incident reveals about Myanmar’s political psychology

Opinion

Goodbye, Ko Htet Wai

Doh Athan

Lashio prisoners say they were fired on and locked in during battle

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‘The cruel waves’: Myanmar migrants remember the tsunami

Doh Athan

Escaping domestic violence while confined to a refugee camp

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IDPs suffering malnutrition as aid sources decline

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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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