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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

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The NUG’s Rohingya policy: ‘Campaign statement’ or genuine reform?

The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.

BY Frontier

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‘A threat to the revolution’: Pyusawhti returns to post-coup Myanmar

A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.

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)

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‘There are no jobs for them here’: Mon State economy in COVID-19 freefall

Land sales have crashed and so have prices for rubber and seafood in Mon State, where many farmers and fishers are wondering how they are going to survive.

BY Frontier

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Commerce ministry lifts ban on foreign liquor imports – at a price

The white-listing of imported liquor follows years of intense lobbying by foreign producers, but hopes for a reduction in smuggled spirits may be frustrated by high import taxes.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

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တနင်္သာရီ၌ သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းကြီးအတွက် ဒေသခံများရွေးချယ်မှု

ဇီဝမျိုးကွဲမျိုးစုံ ပေါကြွယ်ဝသော တနင်္သာရီဒေသခံတိုင်းရင်းသားများသည် သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင် ထိန်းသိမ်းရေးလုပ်ငန်းကို ကြီးမားသော အထက်မှအောက်သို့ စီမံခန့်ခွဲသည့်စနစ်အစား ကိုယ်ပိုင်နည်း ကိုယ်ပိုင်ဟန်ဖြင့် စတင်သည့်စနစ်ကို အသိအမှတ်ပြုခံရရန် ကြိုးပမ်းလျက်ရှိသည်။

BY Jack Jenkins Hill

News, Features

Is COVID-19 a smokescreen for labour abuses?

Labour activists say they are being dragged unjustly before the courts and that factory owners are exploiting the disruption caused by COVID-19 to purge union leaders.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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Myanmar village destruction has 'hallmarks' of military: HRW

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Myanmar village destruction has ‘hallmarks’ of military: HRW

At least 200 houses and other buildings were destroyed by fire in an incident that has "all the hallmarks" of previous military arson attacks, a rights group said Tuesday.

BY AFP

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No air quality dividend for Yangon amid COVID-19

Even as factories close and many people stay home, air pollution in Yangon has remained stubbornly bad, and the agriculture sector may hold the answer.

BY Eaint Thet Su

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Activists championed by rights groups have history of anti-Rohingya messaging

Some prominent activists who say they stand for human rights and democracy have propagated hatred for the Rohingya, a double-standard that international watchdog groups weren’t fully aware of.

BY Andrew Nachemson & Lun Min Mang

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Podcast: Power to the people

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BY Ko Zaw & Frontier

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The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

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The NUG must commit to human rights for all Myanmar’s people

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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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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