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Treading carefully: KIO navigates rocky ethnic terrain in new territory

The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in poverty and the legacy of strongman rule.

BY Frontier

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Treading carefully: KIO navigates rocky ethnic terrain in new territory

BY Frontier

Features

A ‘new chapter’? The future of rare earth mining under KIO rule

Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but environmentally devastating industry.

BY Frontier

Opinion

India must do more for Myanmar refugees in Mizoram

Major shifts in national and state-level policies are needed to address the worsening situation of Myanmar refugees in India’s Mizoram state, alongside greater coordination by local humanitarian providers.

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 Frontier & Soe Than Lynn

Affairs, Features

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

Infographics, Features

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

Affairs, Interview, Features

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 Frontier

News, Affairs

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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အမျိုးသမီးတွေ ကိုယ့်ကိုကိုယ် ကာကွယ်နိုင်ဖို့ ကိုယ်လုံပညာသင်တန်း ဖွင့်လှစ်ထား

BY Frontier & Thi Ri Han

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The Central Bank and the runaway kyat

The recent surge in the value of the kyat against the greenback was due partly to the Central Bank’s inability to prevent currency speculation.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Myanmar, we need to talk*

Support more independent journalism like this.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Opinion

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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