Interview

Q&A: Explaining Myanmar’s private security law

Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.

BY Frontier

Interview, Features

Q&A: ‘We have to focus on the structure of organised crime’, says Thai MP Rangsiman Rome

One of the loudest voices calling for action against cyber scam centres on the Thai-Myanmar border, opposition MP Rangsiman Rome says Thailand's current crackdown is only the first step.

BY Frontier

Interview, Features

Q&A: ‘The CNF will be abolished after the revolution’, says Chin leader Sui Khar

In a wide-ranging interview, Chin National Front vice chair Dr Sui Khar discusses military strategy, Chin resistance infighting and Min Aung Hlaing’s miscalculations.

BY Frontier

Photo Essays, Interview, Features

In the thick of it: A photojournalist in Myanmar’s southern front

Photojournalist Mar Naw reflects on his travels earlier this year through southern Myanmar, where he documented a largely overlooked theatre of war.

BY Frontier

Highlights

News Feed, News

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Affairs, Interview, Features

Min Zin: ‘It is essential that the democratic transition not be derailed’

How effective was the conference in contributing towards the peace process?

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Interview, Business

‘Competition needs to remain rational’

Telenor raced out of the blocks in 2014 and quickly pulled away from the other new operator, Ooredoo. What were the key factors behind your initial success?

BY Thomas Kean

Interview, Business

Ooredoo chief: 'The rural part of Myanmar is still untapped'

It’s been a whirlwind two years since you launched back in 2014. What’s the single biggest challenge Ooredoo has faced in entering the Myanmar market?

BY Thomas Kean

Interview, Business

Ooredoo chief: ‘The rural part of Myanmar is still untapped’

Ooredoo Myanmar CEO Rene Meza on his company’s efforts to catch up with MPT and Telenor, and why there is still plenty of growth potential in the Myanmar market.

BY Thomas Kean

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

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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