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Ben Dunant

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Journalist covering Myanmar | Editor-in-chief @FrontierMM

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This week on Frontier's podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, nonviolence trainer Ye Htet explains the why and how of nonviolent resistance to military rule, and addresses debates about transitional justice amid the Spring Revolution. whimyanmar.com/forced-recruit…

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The Cobra Column resistance group is integrating defectors from the Myanmar military into its ranks, while prisoners of war are put to work at a camp in Kayin State. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/embracing-t…

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Volunteers are rescuing survivors of Friday’s devastating earthquake in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw with few tools and little help from the Myanmar military. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-hear-scr…

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This week on Frontier's podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, we cover what we know about the earthquake so far, and Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business director Vicky Bowman helps break down the new Private Security Service Law. Listen here: whimyanmar.com/deadly-earthqu…

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Residents of Sagaing town say hundreds may have died needlessly due to a slow and inadequate response to last week’s earthquake, while centuries-old mosques and monasteries lie in ruins and the stench of dead bodies fills the streets. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-didnt-fi…

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“During that time we could hear the children screaming for help. With the help of the monks and nuns, we dug as much as we could with our bare hands, but we couldn’t do anything. All the children died.” frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-didnt-fi…

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“No rescuers came for two days after the earthquake,” a Sagaing local said. “During that time we could hear the children screaming for help. With the help of the monks and nuns, we dug as much as we could with our bare hands, but we couldn’t do anything. All the children died.”

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EDITORIAL | Myanmar is reeling from a devastating earthquake but the regime cares more for its own survival. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/quake-respo…

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Myanmar’s earthquake has left the regime’s already shaky administration reeling, with thousands of its staff in the capital now living in temporary shelters and complaining of limited assistance from their masters. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/down-and-ou…

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This week on Frontier's podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military is routed from Indaw and Falam but looks set to walk back into Lashio, and humanitarian coordinator Nay Lin describes the challenges of delivering aid following the recent earthquake whimyanmar.com/army-routed-am…

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“The authorities came and said we need to move because we are creating bad views in the city,” said a municipal staffer living with his family on a field in a flimsy shack. “We have to return near our building which has totally collapsed, and will have to build our own shelters.”

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Attempts by the regime to more tightly control assistance to people affected by the recent earthquake have had a chilling effect on volunteer aid efforts in Mandalay. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/new-junta-r…

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United States funding cuts have hit tuberculosis treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/us-aid-cuts…

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This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military returns to Lashio thanks to China, journalist Lorcan Lovett analyses a breakthrough in the Chin conflict, and the Kachinland Research Centre's Dan Seng Lawn discusses the fall of Indaw. whimyanmar.com/return-to-lash…

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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/striking-oi…

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JOB ALERT: Frontier is seeking a Managing Editor. The successful candidate will work with a team of award-winning journalists to produce accurate, in-depth reports on a fast-developing situation in Myanmar. More info via the link. Apply by May 11. frontiermyanmar.net/en/work-with-u…