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Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive

Regime authorities appear to be increasingly abducting young men on the street or during household inspections to boost the number of military conscripts, while families and activists say bribes are no longer enough to free them.

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Junta dragnet: More youth abducted in desperate conscription drive

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No laughing matter: Meet the junta’s court jesters

Myanmar’s military regime has tried to recruit comedians in its propaganda war, but while some performers have chosen to serve the generals, many more are using their wit for the revolution.

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Hard grind: Migrants in Thailand face steep costs to stay legal

An amnesty scheme for undocumented migrants in Thailand offers hope for many Myanmar workers operating in the shadows, but the costs are high, and migrants then face burdensome tax demands from the Myanmar junta.

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

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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 Frontier & Soe Than Lynn

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

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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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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

Interview, Culture

Burmese cuisine by the book

American Robert Carmack and Australian Morrison Polkinghorne, co-authors of The Burma Cookbook, named the world’s Best Asian Cookbook of 2015 at the Best in the World Gourmand awards last year, first visited Yangon in 2000 after winning several nights at The Strand Hotel at a charity auction.

BY Peter Janssen

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A whiff of corruption at Mrauk U

Budget allocations for restoration work have risen dramatically at the nation’s second most important archeological after Bagan, but there’s little to show for it.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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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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