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Kaung Hset Naing

Kaung Hset Naing
Kaung Hset Naing began his journalism career at The Voice in 2013. Before joining Frontier in July 2020 he also worked for Mon state-based Hinthar Media, Mizzima and BETV Business.
The ruby mines in Mogok, seen on November 26, 2016. Myanmar is the source of a large majority of the world's rubies, and Mogok is the country's ruby capital. (AFP)
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Fear and lawlessness stalk Mogok after tycoon kidnapping

Residents of the ruby mining town have been shaken by abductions and squeezed by demands for money from armed groups competing for influence in the multi-ethnic area.
BY Kaung Hset Naing

 

An unexploded ordnance is seen in Buthidaung Township's Si Taung village in April 2019.
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Hidden menace adds to misery in Rakhine State

An informal ceasefire has enabled some IDPs to return to war-scarred villages in Rakhine State, but landmines and unexploded ordnance pose a major risk to their safety.
BY Kaung Hset Naing

 

Tatmadaw soldiers guard the Goktwin Bridge on the Mandalay-Muse highway in northern Shan State on August 20, 2019. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)
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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

 

NLD supporters celebrate the party's electoral landslide in front of the party's Yangon headquarters November. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)
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NLD olive branch leaves ethnic parties wary

After its landslide election win, the NLD is seeking the “cooperation” of ethnic parties in establishing a federal democracy, but they have yet to see evidence that their basic demands will be met.
BY Kaung Hset Naing

 

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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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