By Khun Yam, Author at Frontier Myanmar

By Khun Yam

Khun Yam formerly worked as a journalist at The People's Voice Media. He studied at the Center for Myanmar Media Development (CMMD), Mandalay Journalism School (MJS) and the Myanmar Jounalism Institute (MJI).

Articles by By Khun Yam (2 posts)

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Torn apart: the toll of forced recruitment

Forced recruitment in conflict areas is tearing families apart, although ethnic armed groups insist that all their recruits are volunteers.

BY Khun Yam

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Toil and pain at the Dala ‘boat graveyard’

On the river bank at Dala, across from downtown Yangon, teams of men known as “gravediggers” toil at hard, dangerous work to salvage timber from old fishing boats.

BY Khun Yam

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Volume 6, Issue 10

September 22, 2020

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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, 2020 Election, 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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