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Teachers, students keep protests alive in ‘f***ing stubborn’ Monywa

Despite the dangers, protesters in the Sagaing Region capital say they will keep hitting the streets – to send a strong message to the people, the junta and the world, and to honour fallen comrades.

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Teachers, students keep protests alive in ‘f***ing stubborn’ Monywa

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Pandemic response leaves migrant workers in the cold

The military regime’s snap closure of the border with Thailand reflects its poor handling of the COVID-19 response, migrant rights groups say, but the Thai government and employers are also making life difficult for workers.

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‘It was a massacre’: when state militias targeted Karen villages in Yangon

As tensions peaked between Karen and Bamar in early 1949, Burmese irregular forces committed a series of mass killings on the outskirts of the then-capital that have never been officially acknowledged.

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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

Bizfeed, Business

Japan planning $885m aid offer to next govt

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BY Frontier & Sean Gleeson

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Illegal logging on decline in Kachin: watchdog

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BY Frontier & Sean Gleeson

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Presidential vote next week, says Hluttaw office

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BY Soe Than Lynn & Sean Gleeson

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သမ္မတနှင့် ဒုသမ္မတများ ရွေးချယ် အတည်ပြုမှု မတ် ၁၄ ရက်ထက် မစောနိုင်

အဖွဲ့သုံးဖွဲ့က ရွေးချယ်ထားသူ သုံးဦးကို သမ္မတနှင့် ဒုတိယသမ္မတများ အရည်အချင်း စိစစ်ရေးအဖွဲ့က မတ်လ ၁၁ ရက်နေ့တွင် စိစစ်ကြမည်ဖြစ်သည်

BY Soe Than Lynn & Frontier

Opinion

A matter of priorities

If a commitment to realise the will of the electorate was more important than haggling over a title, Myanmar would not be sitting on a constitutional crisis.

BY Khin Zaw Win

Culture

The flowering of Myanmar's fashion industry

The opening of the country has been a boon for the fashion industry, paving the way for special events featuring some of the country’s best-known designers.

BY Noe Noe Aung

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နေပြည်တော်တွင် တပ်မတော် တိုက်လေယာဉ်တစ်စီး မတော်တဆမှု ဖြစ်ပွား

တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေး ဦးစီးချုပ်ရုံး၏ ဖေ့ဘုတ်စာမျက်နှာတွင် တင်ထားသော ဓာတ်ပုံအရ အဆိုပါ လေယာဉ်မှာ တရုတ်နိုင်ငံထုတ် အင်ဂျင်တစ်လုံးတပ် J-7 တိုက်လေယာဉ်ဖြစ်သည်

BY Frontier

Culture

The flowering of Myanmar’s fashion industry

The opening of the country has been a boon for the fashion industry, paving the way for special events featuring some of the country’s best-known designers.

BY Noe Noe Aung

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The path to a smooth transition

Achieving a smooth transition will require both the NLD and the Tatmadaw to act strictly according to the provisions of the controversial 2008 Constitution.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Non-violent resistance is shaking the dictator’s throne

Doh Athan

Podcast: Wrongful arrest

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Video: A midwife’s tale

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

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Podcast: Wrongful arrest

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Video: A midwife’s tale

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

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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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

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