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January 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
OPINION | Dhaka’s insistence on sending hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar is an instrument used to deny them rights, legal employment and integration, argues Shafiur Rahman.
Rohingya repatriation as a governance tool in Bangladesh
Dhaka’s insistence on sending hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar is an instrument used to deny them rights, legal employment and integration.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:09 AM
AFP | Voting concluded in the Myanmar’s month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for landslide victory in a junta-run poll critics say will only prolong the army’s grip on power.

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Myanmar junta wraps election with ally set to seal victory
Voting concluded in the Myanmar's month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for landslide victory in a junta-run poll critics say will only prolong the army's grip ...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:48 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the junta cancels voting in some areas for its election's last phase, and human rights advocate Seng explains the background of the ICJ case against Myanmar for genocide of the Rohingya.

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January 23, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The imminent termination of Temporary Protected Status leaves 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the United States facing the possibility of deportation to their war-ravaged country.
Caught in limbo: US cancellation of ‘protected status’ hits thousands
The imminent termination of Temporary Protected Status leaves 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the United States facing the possibility of deportation to their war-ravaged country.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
As the military regime presses ahead with its poll, young voters describe being coerced into voting through fear, family pressure and restrictive laws.

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No alternative: The junta’s election and Myanmar’s first-time voters
As the military regime presses ahead with its poll, young voters describe being coerced into voting through fear, family pressure and restrictive laws.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance groups increase electoral violence, the regime detains politician Thet Thet Khaing, and former Frontier editor-in-chief Ben Dunant reports on visiting polling stations in Yangon.

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January 16, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The number of MBA programmes offered through private schools in Myanmar has grown in the past decade, but many are not recognised by international institutions – a deficiency that is usually not mentioned in their advertising.
Learning the hard way: Students warn against MBA scams
The number of MBA programmes offered through private schools in Myanmar has grown in the past decade, but many are not recognised by international institutions – a deficiency that is usually not menti...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:12 AM
AFP | Books tucked under their arms, children file into a small classroom in Bangladesh’s vast refugee camps, home to more than a million Rohingya who have fled neighbouring Myanmar.
Dreams on hold for Rohingya children in Bangladesh camps
Books tucked under their arms, children file into a small classroom in Bangladesh's vast refugee camps, home to more than a million Rohingya who have fled neighbouring Myanmar.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
OPINION | Can the Myanmar junta navigate its way in a nascent new world order, with great powers like China and the United States asserting their control over their “areas of influence”? By Guy Dinmore.

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Is Min Aung Hlaing looking over both shoulders?
Can the Myanmar junta navigate its way in a nascent new world order, with great powers like China and the United States asserting their control over their “areas of influence”?
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January 14, 2026 at 4:28 AM
AFP | Myanmar deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority with “horrific violence” in a bid to destroy the community, The Gambia’s justice minister told the International Court of Justice Monday at the start of a genocide hearing.
Rohingya 'targeted for destruction' by Myanmar, ICJ hears
Myanmar deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority with "horrific violence" in a bid to destroy the community, The Gambia's justice minister told the International Court of Justice Monday at the star...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:36 AM
AFP | Myanmar’s junta held the second phase of elections on Sunday that democracy watchdogs warn will let the military prolong its rule, opening polling in the constituency of deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Myanmar votes in second phase of junta-run election
Myanmar's junta held the second phase of elections on Sunday that democracy watchdogs warn will let the military prolong its rule, opening polling in the constituency of deposed democratic leader Daw ...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, PDF attacks UEC convoy, pro-regime political parties protest the regime’s unfair elections, and ICA’s Bik Te and Hannah Russell explain the challenges for Myanmar refugees in Mizoram.

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January 10, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Chinese-run copper mines in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region have become a focal point of fighting between the military and anti-junta resistance forces, while local residents bear the brunt of the regime’s indiscriminate brutality.
Costs of copper: Residents near mines suffer under junta’s heavy hand
Chinese-run copper mines in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region have become a focal point of fighting between the military and anti-junta resistance forces, while local residents bear the brunt of the regime’s i...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:05 AM
DOH ATHAN | At 17, Saw Kaung Myat was shot while fighting the Myanmar junta, while his two brothers were killed and his mother is a wanted activist. Now undocumented refugees in Thailand, they live in constant fear of being forced back to the regime they sacrificed so much to oppose.
Sacrifice
At 17, Saw Kaung Myat was shot while fighting against the Myanmar junta, while his two brothers were killed and his mother is a wanted activist. Now undocumented refugees in Thailand, they live in con...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:15 AM
AFP | In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh’s border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
Landmines destroy limbs and lives on Bangladesh-Myanmar border
In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
DOH ATHAN | Residents of rural areas in the Dry Zone controlled by the resistance have been vocal about their opposition to the regime’s election, and even those living in towns under the watchful eyes of the junta show little interest in voting.
Central Myanmar residents reject junta’s election
Residents of rural areas in the central Dry Zone controlled by resistance forces have been vocal about their opposition to the regime’s upcoming election, and even those living in towns under the watc...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:11 AM
AFP | Thousands of prisoners, including a former government minister and a model, walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta announced annual independence day pardons, a week after the start of an election that watchdogs have denounced as a sham.
Myanmar junta frees thousands of prisoners in annual amnesty
Thousands of prisoners, including a former government minister and a model, walked free in Myanmar on Sunday after the junta announced annual independence day pardons, a week after the start of an ele...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:17 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance forces launch new offensives, the military holds phase one of its elections, and Frontier’s Thu Thu Aung talks with journalist Lorcan Lovett about what Myanmar media can do to thrive in 2026.
Resistance groups on the front foot in the new year
This week on episode 59 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, conflict rages as resistance forces launch new offensives, the air force bombs a resort town and kills four children, the military administratio...
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January 4, 2026 at 3:01 AM
DOH ATHAN | Myanmar’s government-run hospitals have been facing dire medicine, equipment and staffing shortages since the 2021 coup, and they are passing the burden of these shortfalls on to poor people who are most in need of low-cost healthcare.
Myanmar’s public hospitals are failing their patients
Myanmar’s government-run hospitals have been facing dire medicine, equipment and staffing shortages since the 2021 coup, and they are passing the burden of these shortfalls on to poor people who are m...
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December 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
AFP | Myanmar’s military-run elections are being pilloried abroad and shunned at home, but neighbouring China has emerged as an enthusiastic backer of the pariah poll.

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Disputed Myanmar election wins China's vote of confidence
Myanmar's military-run elections are being pilloried abroad and shunned at home, but neighbouring China has emerged as an enthusiastic backer of the pariah poll.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
A new organisation screened a documentary in Hyderabad about Myanmar pro-democracy activists – a first step toward informing Indians about the civil war across the border and showing solidarity with those affected by the conflict.
India group raises awareness about Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance
A new organisation screened a documentary in Hyderabad about Myanmar pro-democracy activists – a first step toward informing Indians about the civil war across the border and showing solidarity with t...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
AFP | What lies ahead after Myanmar’s forthcoming election? The answer is hidden in the alignment of the stars, the occult flame of black magic candles and sacred geometry visible only to the third eye – if you believe the country’s spiritual soothsayers.
Myanmar mystics divine future after ill-augured election
What lies ahead after Myanmar's forthcoming election? The answer is hidden in the alignment of the stars, the occult flame of black magic candles and sacred geometry visible only to the third eye – if...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the Spring Revolution Alliance is formed, the military detains well-known protester Htet Myat Aung, and ACLED Asia Pacific senior analyst Su Mon looks back at another year of war in Myanmar.

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December 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM