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Fraudulent money lenders prey on the vulnerable

Online loan app scams have exploded in Myanmar amid a deep economic crisis, trapping victims with predatory interest rates and blackmailing them after accessing their personal data.

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Fraudulent money lenders prey on the vulnerable

Online loan app scams have exploded in Myanmar amid a deep economic crisis, trapping victims with predatory interest rates and blackmailing them after accessing their personal data.

BY Frontier

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Conservation breakdown imperils Myanmar’s Irrawaddy dolphins

Vital conservation activities have been suspended since the 2021 coup, while growing conflict and lawlessness have fuelled a reported rise in illegal fishing techniques that threaten the endangered species.

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The musician and the soldier: Two revolutionary lives

A frontline medic writes of two individuals she met in Kayah State, whose stories exemplify the diverse ways Myanmar’s youth are contributing to, and sacrificing for, the revolution.

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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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Facebook post lands Patrick Khum Jaa Lee six month prison sentence

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BY Sean Gleeson & Oliver Slow

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Phil Blackwood among prisoners released in latest amnesty

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BY Sean Gleeson & Oliver Slow

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U Win Htein's pas de deux

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NLD issues apparent online rebuke over spokesman’s loose lips

The National League for Democracy has issued an official statement claiming that party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the sole official spokesperson on matters of party policy.

BY Sean Gleeson

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U Win Htein’s pas de deux

U Win Htein has been busy since last year’s election in his unofficial new role as a one-man information clearinghouse for the National League for Democracy.

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Seized stimulants from Myanmar: Bangladesh police

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Saffron Revolution leader Gambira arrested in Mandalay

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BY Frontier & Oliver Slow

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The fight against sexism

Prominent female activists in Myanmar have dedicated their lives to challenging discriminatory social and cultural conventions.

BY Charlotte England

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နိုင်ငံသူ နိုင်ငံသားများ စိတ်လုံခြုံမှုရှိစေရန် အရေးကြီးဟု ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည် ပြောကြား

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလွတ်လပ်သော ရှေ့နေများအသင်း၏ ဗဟိုကော်မတီအစည်းအဝေးကို နေပြည်တော်တွင် ဇန်နဝါရီ ၂၀ မှ ၂၃ ရက်နေ့အထိ ကျင်းပသွားမည်

BY Frontier & Soe Than Lynn

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CDM numbers shrink as participants face obstacles in work, travel and life

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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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