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US aid cuts kneecap Myanmar in fight against tuberculosis

United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.

BY Frontier

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US aid cuts kneecap Myanmar in fight against tuberculosis

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Myanmar’s resistance faces a moral quandary after the quake

The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.

BY Frontier

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New junta rules curb aid to Mandalay quake victims

Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Myanmar’s second largest city.

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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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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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Seized stimulants from Myanmar: Bangladesh police

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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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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Still a lenders’ market

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BY Joshua Carroll

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Remembering the motherland

The Thabyay Nyo school near Washington DC keeps Myanmar culture alive in a distant land.

BY Jared Downing

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Doh Athan

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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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