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

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‘It was all lies’: Myanmar’s military widows denied pensions and payouts

There is growing evidence that the cash-strapped junta is refusing to pay the pensions and compensation that soldiers’ families are entitled to when their husbands or sons die on duty.

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Opinion

Bangladesh, the Rohingya and the new reality in Rakhine

Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the rise of the Arakan Army.

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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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Challenges abound for Suu Kyi and peace process

The leader of the National League for Democracy faces some daunting challenges when she takes charge of the peace process after her government assumes power on April 1.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Complaints prompt reduction of MP lodging fees in Nay Pyi Taw

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BY Soe Than Lynn

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လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ နေထိုင်ရေး အဆင်ပြေစေရန် စီစဉ်

သူရဦးရွှေမန်းနှင့် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်တို့ လာရောက်ပြီးနောက်တွင် တည်းခိုဆောင် အခန်းများထဲရှိ ကုတင်များမှ မွှေ့ယာအပါးများကို မွှေ့ယာအထူများဖြင့် လဲလှယ်ပေးခဲ့

BY Soe Than Lynn

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NLD issues apparent online rebuke over spokesman's loose lips

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BY Sean Gleeson

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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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BY Frontier

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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

Editorial, Opinion

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.

BY Frontier

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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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