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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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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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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.

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Down and out: Junta offers scant help to homeless civil servants

Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters.

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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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Thailand to push for big trade increase at Nay Pyi Taw talks

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Mingalar market fire damage toll may top K36bn

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မီးသင့်ခဲ့သည့် မင်္ဂလာဈေး ဆိုင်ခန်းပိုင်ရှင်များအား စည်ပင်ဘဏ်က ငွေချေးမည်

ဇန်နဝါရီ ၉ ရက်နေ့က လောင်ကျွမ်းခဲ့သည့် မီးကြောင့် ဈေးရှိ ဆိုင်ခန်းပေါင်း ၁,၆၃၆ ခန်း ပျက်ဆီးခဲ့ကာ ကျပ်သန်း ၃၆,၀၆၀ ဖိုးခန့် ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့

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Nay Pyi Taw's new allure

After being shunned for years by the diplomatic and NGO community, Nay Pyi Taw is attracting attention as the place to be ahead of the installation of an NLD government.

BY Peter Janssen

Affairs, Features

Nay Pyi Taw’s new allure

After being shunned for years by the diplomatic and NGO community, Nay Pyi Taw is attracting attention as the place to be ahead of the installation of an NLD government.

BY Peter Janssen & Soe Than Lynn

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Problems ahead for Myanmar’s peace process

Peace conferences due to begin in January will be prolonged and protracted because they involve too many participants and too many groups.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Problems ahead for Myanmar's peace process

Peace conferences due to begin in January will be prolonged and protracted because they involve too many participants and too many groups.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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More protests planned over Koh Tao verdict

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Mong La's illegal pangolin trade booming, says watchdog

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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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