By Thomas Manch, Author at Frontier Myanmar

By Thomas Manch

Thomas Manch is a New Zealand reporter. He is based in Hamilton and works at the Waikato Times, a daily newspaper.

Articles by By Thomas Manch (4 posts)

နို့နှင့် နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်မှု မြင့်တက်လာစေရေး ကြိုးပမ်းနေ

မြို့ပြ၌ နေထိုင်သူများကြားတွင် ကိတ်မုန့်နှင့် ပေါင်မုန့်များ စားသုံးမှု များပြားလာသောကြောင့် ပြည်တွင်းရှိ နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်သည့် လုပ်ငန်းများလည်း တိုးတက်လာနေသည်။ ကလေးသုံးယောက်လျှင် တစ်ယောက်မှာ အာဟာရချို့တဲ့နေသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် နွားနို့မှာ အဓိကထားရမည့် အာဟာရတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။

BY Thomas Manch

Affairs, Features

For Muslims across Myanmar, citizenship rights a legal fiction

Members of the Muslim community are facing long delays in citizenship applications unless they acquiesce to officials’ suggestions that they be labelled “Bengali”.

BY Thomas Manch

Affairs, Business, Features

The road rule costing Myanmar billions

Transport and logistics companies are questioning the ban on trucks on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway, arguing that it costs time and money and puts lives at risk.

BY Thomas Manch & Kyaw Lin Htoon

Business, Features

Dairy products poised to boom in Myanmar

As demand soars among well-off urban residents for butter-rich cakes, pastries and croissants, efforts continue to boost the domestic production of milk, a crucial source of nutrition in a country where one third of the children are malnourished.

BY Thomas Manch

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, 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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By Thomas Manch

Articles by By Thomas Manch (4 posts)

နို့နှင့် နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်မှု မြင့်တက်လာစေရေး ကြိုးပမ်းနေ

For Muslims across Myanmar, citizenship rights a legal fiction

The road rule costing Myanmar billions

Dairy products poised to boom in Myanmar

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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