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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.

BY Frontier

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

BY Frontier

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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.

BY Frontier

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.

BY Frontier

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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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President Thein Sein congratulates NLD with ‘victory’, vows power transfer

President U Thein Sein has sent a letter to the National League for Democracy, congratulating the party on its 'victory' and promising to respect the 'decision of the voters'.

BY Hans Hulst & Kyaw Phone Kyaw

News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

Democratic Party leader U Thu Wai on second defeat: ‘It’s alright.’

Democratic Party (Myanmar) leader U Thu Wai lost his second election in a row. But he vows not to retire from politics.

BY Frontier

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The Monogamy Law’s unintended consequences

The ostensible target of the Monogamy Law is Muslim men with more than one wife, but the application of the law is having consequences for Buddhist men who are unfaithful to their wives.

BY Sithu Aung Myint