The ongoing mobile internet blackout in some parts of Rakhine State has cut off thousands of people from the outside world. Aid groups cannot communicate with people who need help, and news outlets cannot provide up-to-date information about the conflict.
This week, in partnership with Frontier, Doh Athan explores how a strategy to hinder rebel forces has only served to harm the civilians caught up in the war.
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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.
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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