The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
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After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
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An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.
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As tens of thousands gathered for the funeral of NLD legal adviser U Ko Ni, Frontier examines his contribution to democracy, and his legacy.
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A high school in Sittwe has nearly 4,000 Muslim students and a Rakhine Buddhist headmaster who believes that all children have the right to an education.
Reports focused on the activities of the powerful were a regular feature of state-run media under junta rule, and there is disappointment that little seems to have changed under the National League for Democracy.
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As tens of thousands gathered for the funeral of NLD legal adviser U Ko Ni, Frontier examines his contribution to democracy, and his legacy.
Whatever the intent, the circumstances surrounding his death will inevitably contribute to a new climate of fear.
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A Briton and three Indian nationals arrested two years ago on suspicion of making fraudulent ATM withdrawals have had hundreds of court appearances in a case some describe as “an injustice”.
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