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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.

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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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‘It’s totally outrageous’: Investors urge review of solar tender

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy has issued a tender for 1,060 megawatts of on-grid solar power but given investors just a month to prepare bids at a time when they are unable to enter or travel around the country.

BY Thomas Kean

Opinion

In Tanintharyi, an indigenous alternative to Big Conservation

Communities in biodiverse Tanintharyi Region are spurning big, top-down projects and seeking recognition for their own approach to conservation.

BY Jack Jenkins Hill

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Fever clinics: the first line of defence against COVID-19

Fever clinics are being set up around the country to check people for symptoms of the viral disease and ease the burden on hospitals, but a planned reopening of schools could force many of them to move or close.

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

Opinion

သတ္တုတွင်းလုပ်ငန်း ညစ်ညမ်းမှုဒဏ် ဒေသခံတို့ ခါးစည်းခံနေရ

ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ညစ်ညမ်းပျက်စီးအောင် လုပ်ဆောင်နေကြသော သတ္တုတွင်းတူးဖော်ရေးကုမ္ပဏီများနှင့် နှစ်များစွာကြာ တရားရုံးရင်ဆိုင်မှု၌ ဒေသခံပြည်သူများ အနိုင်ရသွားခဲ့ခြင်းမှာ ချီးကျူးထိုက်ပါပေသည်။ သို့ရာတွင် ယင်းကုမ္ပဏီများအား တာဝန်ယူမှု၊ တာဝန်ခံမှုရှိလာအောင် အစိုးရက မလုပ်ဆောင်သေးသည့်အတွက် ထိုအောင်ပွဲမှာ မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာဖြစ်နေသည်။

BY Ben Hardman

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Min Aung Hlaing reshuffles senior military ranks ahead of election

Newly-appointed quartermaster general becomes the youngest lieutenant-general in the Tatmadaw as he continues a steady rise through the ranks.

BY Nanda

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'Off-the-charts' Myanmar drug busts reveal fentanyl first

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Off-the-charts’ Myanmar drug busts reveal fentanyl first

Myanmar has made Southeast Asia's largest-ever seizure of synthetic drugs in raids that revealed the "unprecedented" production of opioids, the UN said Monday.

BY AFP

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Podcast: Handouts and hardships in Chin State

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BY Salai KB Thawng & Win Zar Ni Aung

Opinion

Reasons for optimism in Myanmar’s coronavirus fight

Despite ominous predictions, there are few signs of a disastrous spread of COVID-19, while the capacity to control and treat the disease is increasing with each day.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

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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

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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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