Business

South for the winter: Myanmar’s cyber scam industry migrates

A supposed crackdown on cyber scam operations in Myawaddy Township has only masked their relocation, with the Kayin BGF and DKBA helping Chinese criminal syndicates.

BY Frontier

Business

‘No future here’: Youth exodus leads to labour shortage

The Myanmar military’s conscription law has sparked a mass exodus of young people, further buffeting an already struggling economy and incentivising child labour to fill the gaps.

BY Frontier

Business, Features

India shipped over $1 million of navy-grade fuel to Myanmar since coup

An Indian state-owned company has sent Myanmar large amounts of fuel suitable for warships since the military seized power in 2021, but the actual recipient is shrouded in secrecy.

BY Frontier

News, Business, Features

Border blues: Myanmar migrants face barriers to work in China

Myanmar nationals are flocking to the Chinese border – risking scams, exploitation and arrest in search of jobs – but limited border crossings and fierce competition mean many leave empty-handed and deeper in poverty.

BY Frontier

Highlights

News Feed, News

Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Affairs, Business, Features

Fourth estate feels the pinch

Myanmar’s private sector newspapers need to start turning a profit but face challenges from state-run publications and digital media.

BY Jared Downing

Affairs, Interview, Business

Daw Thiri Thant Mon: 'Neither side has a long-term view'

Daw Thiri Thant Mon, 38, left Myanmar in the mid-nineties when the country’s universities were closed, to study economics at William and Mary in the US. She began working in finance at Capital One in the US and the UK before an MBA at the London Business School and joined one of the world’s leading investment banks, Morgan Stanley in London in 2006. Daw Thiri Thant Mon returned to Myanmar in 2013 as Head of Corporate Development for Yoma Strategic Holdings. Since September, she has been running a new company, Sandanila.

BY Hans Hulst

Affairs, Interview, Business

Daw Thiri Thant Mon: ‘Neither side has a long-term view’

Daw Thiri Thant Mon, 38, has returned to Myanmar after a successful international career in investment banking.

BY Hans Hulst

Bizfeed, Business

KFC opens second Yangon locations

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BY Frontier & Oliver Slow

Latest Issue

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.

News Feed, News

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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