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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

BY Frontier

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With tales of torture, campaign seeks to divide armed resistance

Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.

BY Frontier

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‘These are kidnappings’: Junta targets relatives of activists on the run

Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.

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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အယ်လ်နီညိုနဲ့ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ ဖူလုံရေး

အယ်လ်နီညိုကြောင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည် အခြားနိုင်ငံများနည်းတူ ယခုနှစ်၊ ပထမ ခြောက်လအတွင်း ပူပြင်းခြောက်သွေ့ခြင်း၊ မိုးခေါင်ခြင်းတို့ကြောင့် သီးနှံအထွက် ဆုတ်ယုတ်ခြင်းနှင့် စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ ပြတ်လပ်ခြင်းများ ကြုံတွေ့ရဖွယ် ရှိနေသည်

BY Soe Than Lynn & Frontier

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Yangon healers peddle ‘miracle’ cancer cure

A mysterious powder made by spiritual healers in Yangon is claimed to be effective against serious illnesses but there is no evidence it is anything more than a placebo.

BY Joshua Carroll

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Yangon healers peddle 'miracle' cancer cure

A mysterious powder made by spiritual healers in Yangon is claimed to be effective against serious illnesses but there is no evidence it is anything more than a placebo.

BY Joshua Carroll

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Suu Kyi presidency hopes fade as vote brought forward

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Myanmar Geography 101

A rough guide to Myanmar's geography, from the temperate Kachin hills to the rainforests and coral reefs of Tanintharyi.

BY Jared Downing

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Aung Naing Oo, the patient peace advocate

Former anti-government rebel Aung Naing Oo has been playing a key role in helping to end years of armed conflict through his work with the Myanmar Peace Center.

BY Oliver Slow

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Opening up the airwaves

Myanmar journalists are pushing for changes to the country's controversial Broadcasting Law, derisively called a Ministry of Information “wish list”.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မှ အကြိမ်ရေများစွာ ဖြတ်သန်း သယ်ယူသွား

အဆိုပါ လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း ပစ္စည်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မြို့သို့ သယ်ယူလာနိုင်သဖြင့် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ လုံခြုံရေးအတွက် မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေသည်

BY Frontier

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

Opinion

The NUG must commit to human rights for all Myanmar’s people

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

Doh Athan

Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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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