Opinion
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Finding room for compassion in Myanmar’s toxic media space
Witnesses to the country’s conflict must find ways to cover and comment on it without succumbing to either delusion or despair
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Thingyan massacre reveals depths of Myanmar junta’s depravity—and its growing desperation
The regime’s mass murder of at least 100 civilians on the eve of the traditional New Year’s holiday is a sign of its utter failure to win any sort of legitimacy
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‘We are revolutionary fighters, so we will use every ounce of our strength to fight back’ — Karenni minister
Khu Nye Reh, the Karenni State Administration Team’s home affairs minister, speaks to Myanmar Now about the current situation in the conflict-hit state
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‘Banks must be desperate’ under Myanmar junta — Sean Turnell
Following his release from Myanmar prison, former NLD economic advisor Sean Turnell says policy institutions have ‘locked themselves away,’ becoming ‘hermit caves’ under military
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How the world—including the West—helps to sustain the Myanmar military’s violence
Help for Myanmar’s democratic cause is welcome, but means little when the military is receiving even greater assistance