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Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe

Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe
Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe has worked as a photographer since 2013. Before joining Frontier she worked at the Myanmar Times.
Ko Ye Win Tun, a slackline enthusiast and founder of the Myanmar Slackline Community Facebook page, practices the sport at the Duwun Orchard farm in Hmawbi Township. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)
Features, Culture

One man’s quest to bring slacklining to Myanmar

In 2016, Ko Ye Win Tun saw a man walk above the clouds on YouTube. Inspired by a professional slackliner, he now wants to popularise the sport in Myanmar.
BY Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe

 

A security guard at the Dhammayangyi temple checks the temperatures of the small number of visitors, many of whom come from nearby towns in Mandalay and Magway regions, such as Kyaukpadaung and Pakokku. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)
Travel, Features, Culture

‘No rain, no visitors and no income’: Bagan adjusts to tourism crash

In common with popular destinations around the world, Bagan has been hit hard by the economic effects of the pandemic and many there who rely on tourists for a living have had to adapt to survive.
BY Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe

 

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Photo Essays, News, Features

Henchmen to heroes: Yangon’s volunteer firefighters join the COVID-19 fight

Auxiliary firefighters had a bad reputation under military rule, but these days, communities celebrate their heroics as they battle blazes and the pandemic.

BY Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe

 

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Photo Essays, News, Affairs, Business, Features

The women who mine jade

Kachin’s jade industry is heavily dominated by men, but with the male workforce ground down by drug addiction, more and more women are taking up dangerous work at the mines.
BY Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe

 

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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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