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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialThis week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar; US officials met with Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader is given red carpet treatment in Malaysia, and worsening power cuts and economic pressures continue across the country.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim once urged his Muslim-majority nation to show solidarity with the Rohingya who fled Myanmar en masse, but this week rolled out the red carpet for the man accused of orchestrating their genocide.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | Myanmar’s coup leader turned regime president Min Aung Hlaing will head to Malaysia on Wednesday for a two-day visit, officials said, following Kuala Lumpur’s plan to return thousands of Myanmar immigrants.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialIn Episode 1 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar In-Depth, we discuss with activist Nur Sadek the rise in hate speech against Rohingya in Malaysia, as well as Meta’s role in moderating hate groups and posts targeting the group.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia returned to their war-ravaged home country on Sunday under an opaque repatriation scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialQ&A | Amid growing harassment of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia, Frontier speaks with Nur Sadek, the founder of Rohingya Rights Response which monitors threatening rhetoric posted online against the group.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | Malaysia began sending back around 1,500 Myanmar nationals on Tuesday, the government confirmed, as it launched a scheme that rights groups say may endanger migrants by returning them to the war-torn country.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialDOH ATHAN | In Kayah State, a clinic provides healthcare to people who cannot access bigger hospitals. One of its founders, nurse Ko Nway Oo Marn, spoke with Doh Athan about his journey to bring medical care to hard-to-reach areas.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | A regime airstrike on a market in western Myanmar killed 33 people on Monday and wounded 36 more, the Arakan Army, which controls the area, said in a statement.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialThis edition of Political Insider looks at the impact of rare earth mining in eastern Shan State and how the pollution caused by this unregulated industry is affecting communities in Myanmar, Thailand and the wider Mekong region.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialThis week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, Min Aung Hlaing gives first interview to a Western outlet since the coup, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army holds talks with the junta and a report details women political prisoner abuses.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialOPINION | With the Arakan Army now controlling most of Rakhine State as a de facto government, Dhaka should take note and not treat it as just another militant group, argues Nafew Sajed Joy.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | As a Rohingya exile who abandoned his life in Malaysia to return to Myanmar, Ismail’s bleak prospects may portend what awaits others caught in Kuala Lumpur’s migrant crackdown.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialA “collateral-free” loan scheme for small and medium enterprises launched by the Myanmar government in 2014 looks functional on paper, but business owners say it is nearly impossible to access and does not provide enough money to be useful.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialDOH ATHAN | A regime airstrike in Rakhine State’s Kyauktaw Township in June killed eight civilians, including the wife and son of Ko Sithu Hein, who spoke with Doh Athan about the bombing and his sorrow and guilt over their deaths.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialThis week on Season 2, Episode 23 of #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar; Norway probes Telenor over alleged Myanmar crimes while the junta targets envoy to the United Nations, and Malaysia seeks Rohingya repatriation talks.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialFarmers in many areas of central Myanmar have seen their crops destroyed by massive floods, with the regime impeding humanitarian assistance and the resistance struggling to cope with the disaster.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday he will invite Myanmar’s coup leader turned ostensibly civilian president Min Aung Hlaing for an official visit in a bid to expedite the repatriation of Rohingya refugees.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialAFP | Norwegian authorities said on Tuesday they had carried out a search at the headquarters of Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor, which is suspected of complicity in crimes against humanity in Myanmar.
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@frontiermyanmar.bsky.socialDOH ATHAN | Female political prisoners in Myanmar suffer many difficulties while incarcerated, but being released also means facing new challenges, including readjusting to society, finding employment, and dealing with feelings of insecurity.
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