Long-delayed plans to build a railway from Muse to Kyaukphyu have picked up steam since the beginning of the year under pressure from China, but many observers question whether Myanmar will benefit from the project.
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AFP | Chinese leader Xi Jinping pledged support on Tuesday for Myanmar in safeguarding its sovereignty, state media reported, as he met with the regime’s president Min Aung Hlaing in Beijing.
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AFP | Myanmar’s inflation spiked to nearly 25 percent as shocks from the Middle East conflict compounded the effects of the country’s civil war, the World Bank said Tuesday.
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AFP | Myanmar regime’s president Min Aung Hlaing arrived in China on Monday for talks with leader Xi Jinping, state media reported, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks stronger trade ties with Beijing.
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This edition of Political Insider looks at the recent military offensives in upper Sagaing Region, where the regime is regaining control of crucial routes leading to Kachin State.
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AFP | A United States consultant and author of a memoir about Myanmar’s 2021 coup is being detained in the country over a property dispute, a police source told Agence France-Presse on Saturday.
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This week on Season 2, Episode 9 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, resistance forces win key battles as the US court challenges junta policies and ASEAN shifts its diplomatic approach amid intensifying conflict.
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As Myanmar’s early conscripts reach the end of their mandatory two-year service, soldiers report that they are being refused discharge papers, paychecks are dwindling and their families are being left with no support.
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A regime attack on a resistance-held village tract in Myanmar’s Bago Region in March took the lives of dozens, while anti-junta fighters had to make tough decisions to protect civilians.
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This week on our weekly podcast #WhatHappeninginMyanmar, a deadly explosion in Namkham, Chin State fighting continues, Min Aung Hlaing continues his visit to India and another junta convoy moves north.
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OPINION | Refugee-led governance in the camps on the Thai-Myanmar border is holding communities together amid cuts in international funding, raising the question of why refugees are left out of decisions, writes Maximillian Morch.
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Farmers in southern Shan State who once profited from opium cultivation are now facing falling prices, rising production costs and labour shortages, but switching to alternative crops poses major challenges.
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OPINION | The United Nations resident and humanitarian coordinator ad interim in Myanmar Gwyn Lewis reflects on her first months in the country and what is needed to support the people amid conflict and a multifaceted crisis.
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AFP | India gave a red-carpet welcome on Monday to Myanmar’s junta leader-turned president Min Aung Hlaing – his first trip abroad since becoming civilian leader – with talks focusing on security and trade.
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This edition of Political Insider looks at the use of Starlink by various factions in the country, amid fears that service shutdowns aimed at scam centres might also affect civilians and resistance groups.
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AFP | A blast in northern Myanmar killed dozens of people on Sunday, two rescue workers said, with the resistance group controlling the area saying it was caused by the accidental detonation of mining explosives.
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This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, Min Aung Hlaing to visit India, the KIA and PDFs launch counteroffensives in Sagaing, infighting between resistance groups in Mingin turns deadly, while the regime advances in Chin State.
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AFP | Under monsoon skies leaden with rain, Myanmar rice farmers despondently tend their paddy fields, doubtful the deluge will bring bountiful harvests during a fuel and fertiliser crisis caused by the Iran war.
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DOH ATHAN | As demand for opium drops, farmers in Shan State are finding the harvests to be less profitable than they once were, but they also face challenges growing and selling alternative crops.
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STATEMENT | Frontier’s board of directors has today appointed Sonny Swe as CEO, marking his return to the media organisation he founded over a decade ago.
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