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‘Psychological violence’: Nationalist Dhamma schools make a comeback under junta

Buddhist education centres for children and young adults are multiplying across Myanmar, but while they claim to be politically neutral, critics say they teach toxic nationalism and military propaganda.

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‘Psychological violence’: Nationalist Dhamma schools make a comeback under junta

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Sexual violence in the fog of war

As regions like Sagaing plunge deeper into the chaos of Myanmar’s post-coup conflict, cases of sexual violence by both sides are on the rise and victims have few avenues to seek redress.

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Continued instability brings mixed fortunes for rice growers

Widespread conflict has had a devastating impact on paddy farmers in war zones, but the slump in production is driving up prices for farmers in more stable areas, despite new onerous export restrictions.

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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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Critical connections

Speakers at a TEDx event in Yangon that symbolised the hope for a better future make a powerful impression with recollections of the nation’s troubled past.

BY Sean Gleeson

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ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖြစ်မှ သမ္မတကတော် နှုတ်ထွက်

ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော် ကိုယ်စားလှယ်အဖြစ်မှ နှုတ်ထွက်ကာ Frist Lady အဖြစ်သာ နေထိုင်သွားမည်ဖြစ်သည်

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သမ္မတ၏ အဆောင်အယောင် ရွှေစလွယ်ကို သမ္မတသစ် ဦးထင်ကျော်ထံ ဦးသိန်းစိန်က လွှဲပြောင်းပေးအပ်

သမ္မတသစ်ဦးထင်ကျော်ထံ သမ္မတဦးသိန်းစိန်က နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မအ၏ တာဝန်များနှင့်လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်များ လွှဲပြောင်းပေးအပ်

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ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေ ပြင်ဆင်ရေး ဆောင်ရွက်သွားမည်ဟု သမ္မတသစ် ဦးထင်ကျော်က ပထမဆုံး မိန့်ခွန်းတွင် ပြောကြား

အစိုးရသစ်အနေဖြင့် အမျိုးသားရင်ကြားစေ့ရေး၊ ပြည်တွင်းငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး၊ ဒီမိုကရေစီဖက်ဒရယ် ပြည်ထောင်စု ဖြစ်ပေါ်ရေးကို ရှေးရှုသည့် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေတစ်ခု ပေါ်ပေါက်ရေးနှင့် ပြည်သူလူထုအများစု၏ လူနေမှုအဆင့်အတန်း တိုးတက် မြင့်မားလာရေးတို့အား အကောင်အထည်ဖော် ဆောင်ရွက်သွားမည်ဟု ပြောကြား

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A Sayadaw’s sanctuary for the needy

A meditation centre on Yangon’s outskirts is home for hundreds of destitute, disabled and diseased people who are encouraged to solve their problems by seeking refuge in the Dhamma.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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Remembering ‘Ne Win’s coup’

The 54th anniversary earlier this month of General Ne Win’s 1962 coup marked an event that continues to resonate in contemporary Myanmar.

BY Oliver Slow

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Govt reveals chief minister picks, all NLD members

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BY Sean Gleeson

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China, the NLD and the Myitsone dam imbroglio

The National League for Democracy government faces a huge challenge in diplomatic relations with China over the future of the controversial Myitsone dam project.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Viettel to negotiate with military-backed firm for fourth telco license

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BY Sann Oo

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How internal conflict in Shan State has kept it aloof from the Spring Revolution

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The hidden plight of Myanmar’s double minorities

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The UN can no longer play dumb to its manipulation by the Myanmar military

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The empire struck back: Oliver Slow’s ‘Return of the Junta’ reviewed

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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The house bringing joy to Myanmar migrants in Thailand

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Junta troops desecrate religious buildings in Magway by using them as barracks

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The fading hopes of Myanmar’s university students

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Pregnant and displaced: the plight of a migrant worker in Thailand

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The house bringing joy to Myanmar migrants in Thailand

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Junta troops desecrate religious buildings in Magway by using them as barracks

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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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