Six months ago, Myanmar endured a catastrophe as its health system was overwhelmed with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. A Frontier investigation finds that the true death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands, as most were never counted.
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Six months ago, Myanmar endured a catastrophe as its health system was overwhelmed with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. A Frontier investigation finds that the true death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands, as most were never counted.
BY Frontier
With Myanmar’s economy in turmoil and unemployment on the rise, thousands are trying to find work abroad but are having to navigate border closures and unscrupulous brokers.
BY Frontier
Some pro-democracy activists who fled to territory controlled by the Karen National Union for training to fight the junta say they became victims of forcible recruitment, while others are upset at the NUG for failing to provide them with weapons.
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Justice for Myanmar report accuses US companies of evading sanctions by continuing to import precious timber, which may help fund the military junta.
BY AFP
The overthrown leader has been sentenced to four more years in prison for illegally possessing walkie-talkies and violating COVID-19 restrictions, while awaiting verdicts on corruption charges and accusations of violating the Official Secrets Act.
BY AFP
Loathing of the military regime and distrust of China have wrought havoc with the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign, which launched just days before the coup.
BY John Liu
Falling incomes due to the pandemic and coup, and impunity for the military and pro-junta armed groups, have created ideal conditions for a rise in opium cultivation in Kachin State.
The most likely outcome of the economic turmoil triggered by the coup is a period of slow economic growth and joblessness, even as inflation rises and the value of the kyat continues to slide against the US dollar.
BY Frontier
An escalation in fighting between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Tatmadaw near the town of Mong Ko on the China border has emptied villages, while inflaming longstanding tensions over who controls the area.
As military repression ramps up, some trade unions and activists are calling on brands to boycott Myanmar’s garment sector – but not everyone believes the campaign will hit its intended target.
BY Frontier
Myanmar’s rice farmers are facing higher production and transportation costs, lower yields, and low prices, leaving many worried they will no longer be able to earn enough to survive.
BY Frontier
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has attracted ridicule for airing grand development plans at a time when the economy is in crisis, but even the regime’s more rational economic goals are unlikely to be achievable.
BY Frontier
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