By Chai Sorn, Author at Frontier Myanmar

By Chai Sorn

Chai Sorn is a Mon writer living in Yangon.

Articles by By Chai Sorn (3 posts)

The drugs don't work

Residents in Mon State say drug use among young people is getting worse and a programme led by the New Mon State Party aimed at combatting drug abuse is facing capacity constraints.

BY Chai Sorn

Affairs, Features

The drugs don’t work

Residents in Mon State say drug use is getting worse and a programme led by the New Mon State Party aimed at combatting drug abuse is facing capacity constraints.

BY Chai Sorn

Affairs, Features, Culture

Learning the mother tongue

Members of ethnic communities say that being allowed to learn their own language in schools would help improve trust with the country’s Bamar majority.

BY Chai Sorn

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 10

September 22, 2020

Stories in this issue

Editorial, Opinion

Ahead of the vote, it’s still ‘Myanmar vs the world’

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s election address through state media doesn’t just present Myanmar and its government, perversely, as the real victims of the Rohingya crisis, it also contradicts what she is trying to tell the rest of the world.

magazine, Features

Keeping the faith: Can the USDP retain its Dry Zone stronghold?

Buddhist nationalism and a focus on rural voters helped the USDP retain a rare stronghold in southern Mandalay Region, but cracks are emerging ahead of this year’s vote.

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By Chai Sorn

Articles by By Chai Sorn (3 posts)

The drugs don't work

The drugs don’t work

Learning the mother tongue

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 10

Ahead of the vote, it’s still ‘Myanmar vs the world’

Keeping the faith: Can the USDP retain its Dry Zone stronghold?

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