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Q&A: ‘This is the first time we’ve found a link’

Rob Hunter-Perkins, of Conflict Armament Research, talks to Frontier about the discovery of a motor sourced from a Myanmar company in an Iranian drone recovered near the Iraq-Syria border in 2023.

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Q&A: ‘You don’t know what’s going to come next’

Thai academic Dr Lalita Hanwong, who specialises in Myanmar affairs, talks to Frontier about how the new governments in Thailand and Myanmar might approach their diplomatic relations.

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Q&A: ‘Policies will have to change’

Economic analyst U Thet Zaw talks to Frontier about trade restrictions imposed last month by the military regime, and how they are leading to shortages and steep increases in the price of consumer goods.

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Q&A: ‘Civilians should never be targeted’

Mon Unity Party spokesperson Nai Than Shwe talks to Frontier about strategic and security challenges the party is facing in preparing for the upcoming election organised by the regime.

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Thant Myint-U: ‘Everything is interlinked’

Frontier sits down with Dr Thant Myint-U, founding chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust.

BY Thomas Kean

Thant Myint-U: 'Everything is interlinked'

Five years ago, a group of architects, historians, businesspeople and others banded together to form the Yangon Heritage Trust in a last-ditch attempt to preserve Yangon’s unique character. While the initial aim was to save the city’s heritage buildings, which were in danger of being torn down, the group’s focus has since expanded to broader questions of urban development.

BY Thomas Kean

Cyrus Pun: ‘Even before we start building, we look 20 years ahead’

Frontier sits down with Yoma Strategic's head of real estate to discuss the Landmark project in downtown Yangon and the current state of the property market.

BY Oliver Slow

Cyrus Pun: 'Even before we start building, we look 20 years ahead'

After numerous delays, Yoma Strategic Holdings broke ground on the “Landmark” mixed use development in downtown Yangon on February 16. Yoma’s head of real estate Mr Cyrus Pun spoke to Frontier about the project’s latest developments, the issues they faced in reaching this point and the company’s other major projects.

BY Oliver Slow

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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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