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A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

Features

A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.

BY Esther Wah

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Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.

BY Frontier

Highlights

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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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Aung San Suu Kyi to visit troubled diaspora in Thailand

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မိမိနိုင်ငံသားများကို ပစ်ပယ်ထားမည် မဟုတ်ဟု ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ပြောကြား

မြန်မာရွှေ့ပြောင်း လုပ်သားများအား နိုင်ငံကူးလက်မှတ်များ ထုတ်ပေးရန် အစီအစဉ်ရှိသည်ဟု ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံသို့ ရောက်ရှိနေသည့် နိုင်ငံတော် အတိုင်ပင်ခံပုဂ္ဂိုလ် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ဇွန် ၂၃ ရက်နေ့က ပြောကြားသည်။

BY Frontier

Affairs, Features, Culture

Myanmar sagar pyaw tat lar?

Whether for business, pleasure or to acquire a deeper understanding of Myanmar’s culture and society, an increasing number of foreigners are learning Burmese.

BY Thi Ri Han

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Officials banned from saying 'Rohingya' as UN envoy visits

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BY AFP

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Officials banned from saying ‘Rohingya’ as UN envoy visits

Myanmar officials must refer to the oppressed Rohingya Muslim minority as "people who believe in Islam" rather than by their name as a UN rights envoy visits the country.

BY AFP

Affairs, Culture

Inked for a cause

A Dutch tattoo artist and his team have been in Myanmar as part of an innovative global project to publicise the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

BY Victoria Milko

Affairs

Down to the wires: Fixing Yangon's broken power grid

Yangon’s power infrastructure is decayed and disorganised. The city needs more power, but first it needs a grid that can handle it.

BY Jared Downing

Features, Culture

An act of devotion

Thousands of Shan people converge on Chiang Mai each year for an auspicious, exuberant Buddhist rite of passage in which young boys are ordained as novice monks.

BY Vincenzo Floramo

Affairs, Features

Down to the wires: Fixing Yangon’s broken power grid

Yangon’s power infrastructure is decayed and disorganised. The city needs more power, but first it needs a grid that can handle it.

BY Jared Downing

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

Editorial, Opinion

Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

Opinion

Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

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Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

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SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

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In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

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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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A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders