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Ben Dunant

Ben Dunant
Ben Dunant has been working as a journalist and researcher in Myanmar since 2014. He is Managing Editor at Frontier and has also contributed to Voice of America, Nikkei Asian Review, The Diplomat and New Mandala.
Tatmadaw soldiers guard the Goktwin Bridge on the Mandalay-Muse highway in northern Shan State on August 20, 2019. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)
News Feed, 2020 Election, News

Votes for the boys: How soldiers delivered USDP victories in ethnic states

Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
BY Kaung Hset Naing & Ben Dunant

 

Votes are counted at a polling station in Kaleh village tract in Kayin State's Kyainseikgyi Township on the evening of November 8. (Sa Yarzar Aung | Frontier)
News Feed, 2020 Election, News

Election defeat leaves Karen parties grappling for answers

A poor showing for Karen parties has re-opened discussions about forming one group to represent Karen interests – a strategy that served its southerly neighbours in the Mon Unity Party well on November 8.
BY Naw Betty Han, Lawi Weng & Ben Dunant

 

Vote counting gets underway at a polling station in Mandalay after voting closed on November 8. (Teza Hlaing | Frontier)
News Feed, 2020 Election, News

Carter Center lauds a largely clean vote but cites grave legal shortcomings

The US-based election monitor found “no majority irregularities” during voting and counting but criticised flaws in the legal framework that limit democracy in Myanmar.
BY Ben Dunant

 

Illustration by Jared Downing
2020 Election, Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar stands divided at the ballot box

Much of the damage is already done, but the new government can help to remedy it.
BY Ben Dunant

 

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Volume 6, Issue 18

  • January 27, 2021
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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes
The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.
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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?
The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.
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