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On Our Good Leg, We Rise: Fighting to Heal on Myanmar’s Front Lines

On Our Good Leg, We Rise: Fighting to Heal on Myanmar’s Front Lines

By Hannah Oo and Than Oo
At a volunteer care center on the Thailand-Myanmar border, wounded anti-junta fighters repair both body and spirit.

Inside Myanmar with Jason Tower of the USIP

Inside Myanmar with Jason Tower of the USIP

By Luke Hunt
What happened in Myawaddy as the junta saddles up with China.
Myanmar Military Calls on Opponents to Enter Political Dialogue

Myanmar Military Calls on Opponents to Enter Political Dialogue

By Sebastian Strangio
Few groups are likely to heed the SAC's call for them to “communicate with us to solve political problems politically.”

Japan To Downgrade Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta, Report Says

Japan To Downgrade Diplomatic Ties With Myanmar Junta, Report Says

By Sebastian Strangio
Like several of its Western partners, Japan will now be represented in Yangon by a chargé d'affaires rather than a full ambassador.

Myanmar is Not About to Become a ‘Fractured’ State

Myanmar is Not About to Become a ‘Fractured’ State

By Miemie Winn Byrd
Analysts overlook the novel political linkages between the country's resistance groups, and their determination to build a federal democracy.

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Rights Groups Condemn Myanmar Prisoner Executions, Warn More to Come

Rights Groups Condemn Myanmar Prisoner Executions, Warn More to Come

By Sebastian Strangio
Several sources are reporting that five pro-democracy activists will be hanged at Insein Prison in Yangon today.

Myanmar’s Silent Digital Crisis

Myanmar’s Silent Digital Crisis

By Phyu Sin Shin Thant
The country’s civil war has been accompanied by the growing prevalence of non-consensual pornography and other forms of cyber-attacks on women.
Why Rakhine State Could Become Myanmar’s First Truly Autonomous Region

Why Rakhine State Could Become Myanmar’s First Truly Autonomous Region

By Mung Sian Kim
Relatively free from foreign influence, the Arakan Army is poised to carve out a large autonomous statelet in western Myanmar.

Death Toll From Typhoon Yagi Rises in Inundated Myanmar

Death Toll From Typhoon Yagi Rises in Inundated Myanmar

By Sebastian Strangio
The disaster has increased scrutiny on international organizations' decision to engage with the military State Administration Council.

Saffron Washing: The Myanmar Military’s Exploitation of Buddhism 

Saffron Washing: The Myanmar Military’s Exploitation of Buddhism 

By Showe Showe
Holding itself up as the sole defender of Burmese heritage, the military has long manipulated Buddhism for its political purposes.

Normalizing Abnormalities: Life in Myanmar’s Resistance Zone

Normalizing Abnormalities: Life in Myanmar’s Resistance Zone

By Helen Li
Interviews with resistance soldiers, activists, and internally displaced civilians in the KNU-controlled jungle reveal a life that blurs the line between resistance and routine.
Am and Steve Sandford: Witness to a Myanmar Genocide

Am and Steve Sandford: Witness to a Myanmar Genocide

By Luke Hunt
The journalists discuss the Rohingya persecutions: How did it start and when will it end?

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