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Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains

The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.

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Logged out: Conflict drives deforestation in Bago mountains

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‘They don’t represent us’: Rohingya armed groups wreak havoc in Rakhine

The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.

BY Frontier

Interview, Features

Q&A: Explaining Myanmar’s private security law

Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.

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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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ဦးကိုနီအား လုပ်ကြံ သတ်ဖြတ်မှုဖြင့် ဖမ်းဆီးထားသူလေးဦးကို ရုံးထုတ်စစ်ဆေး

အမျိုးသားဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်၏ ဥပဒေအကြံပေးဖြစ်သူ ရှေ့နေကြီး ဦးကိုနီအား လုပ်ကြံသတ်ဖြတ်မှုဖြင့် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားသူလေးဦးအား ရန်ကုန် မြောက်ပိုင်းခရိုင်တရားရုံးတွင် ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းက ရုံးထုတ်စစ်ဆေးခဲ့သည်။

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That's freedom

In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.

BY Frontier

News, Affairs, Features

Union minister criticises own daughter, NLD over Mon bridge name dispute

The Ethnic Affairs Minister has criticised his lawmaker daughter for successfully proposing a Mon State bridge be named after Bogyoke Aung San.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Affairs, Features

Ahead of by-elections, UEC changes its tune

In a change from the past, the Union Election Commission appointed following the government transition nearly a year ago is winning praise from some political parties as they prepare for by-elections on April 1.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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Ko Swe Win files lawsuit after heated confrontation in Sanchaung

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BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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Nursing students take to streets over sudden licensing changes

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BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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Dozens killed after fresh clashes in Kokang

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That’s freedom

In a sense, the current media scandals involving online defamation suits and conflicts of interest illustrate how far things have come.

BY Frontier

Affairs, Culture

Virtually possible: Bringing the world to Myanmar’s classrooms

The founders behind one of Myanmar’s first virtual reality companies believe the technology could help improve the country’s outdated education system.

BY Victoria Milko

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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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