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Frontier Myanmar
2d ago
Myanmar's military regime is conducting a controversial population count amid intensifying conflict, putting enumerators and respondents at risk.
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Frontier Myanmar
3d ago
Following a chaotic boom period, conflict has left Myanmar’s ruby mines in limbo, due to displacement, road closures and the disappearance of Chinese buyers.
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Frontier Myanmar
3d ago
Death, detention and dissolution have decimated Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's political party, easing the way for groups backed by Myanmar's ruling military to claim victory at elections expected next year, analysts say.
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Frontier Myanmar
3d ago
A medical student who left Yangon for Kayah State reflects on the last year of tumult as fighting intensified, prompting her team of medics to treat wounded civilians, resistance fighters and even junta troops while avoiding airstrikes and disease.
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Frontier Myanmar
5d ago
Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic source told Agence France-Presse Tuesday, as the junta struggles to quell a civil war.
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Frontier Myanmar
5d ago
The United Nations says patterns of abuse and gender-based violence have definitely worsened in Myanmar since the coup. In this feature, we profile a women’s rights defender who says women must play a meaningful role in building a peaceful future for the country.
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Frontier Myanmar
1w ago
A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a National League for Democracy source told Agence France-Presse, days after being released from junta custody on health grounds.
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Frontier Myanmar
1w ago
Military regime forces are building fences and evacuating nearby villages to defend Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State. But they’re not allowing people to leave – even their own staff. One resident said “People are basically hostages.”
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Frontier Myanmar
1w ago
Desperate for foreign exchange, the regime is taking harsh steps to enforce tax and remittance rules for migrants and making it harder for them to travel.
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Frontier Myanmar
1w ago
The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
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