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New Myanmar-language app to boost mental health and suicide prevention

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Serenity Counselling and Mental Health Services launched a bilingual smartphone application called "Shin Than " on Oct. 11, at Chiang Mai University, aiming to...

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Myanmar let me serve in Parliament, then it questioned my citizenship

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My experience as a Rohingya lawmaker reveals why Myanmar cannot achieve lasting peace without equal citizenship, political inclusion and recognition of its diversity. Guest contributor Shwe...
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Slowing normalization creep in Myanmar: Discipline over drama

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Guest contributor James Shwe Professor Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a prominent Thai political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, has published a candid assessment in the Bangkok Post. He argues...
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How the military sold the world a democracy it never intended to build

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Guest contributor Linn Thant In 2013, Myanmar was being presented to the world as one of Asia's most promising political success stories. The generals were no longer...
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Get the Rohingya wrong and you get Myanmar wrong

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Guest contributor Jaivet Ealom Last week, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rolled out the red carpet in Kuala Lumpur for Min Aung Hlaing, the general who...
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Malaysia’s Myanmar returns must not become a shortcut to junta legitimacy

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Guest contributor James Shwe The test of returns from Malaysia to Myanmar should not be how many people can be transported by sea or air. It should...

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