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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Interview, Business

Ex-Im Bank chair: ‘We’re anxious to do more work here’

Fred Hochberg, the chairman of the United States Export-Import Bank – a government agency that supports US investment and trade – discusses the need for financial reform, his bank’s plans to work with the private sector and where the opportunities lie for US exporters.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Interview, Business

'Much more can be done by the Central Bank'

Some say the new Financial Institutions Law was written by the World Bank. I don't think this is necessarily intended as a criticism but to what extent did you play a role in drafting this law?

BY Peter Janssen

Interview, Business

Much more can be done by the Central Bank’

Frotnier speaks to Abdoulaye Seck, the World Bank's country manager in Myanmar.

BY Peter Janssen

Interview

'We hope that now is the time to rebuild the nation'

What is the current situation regarding the peace process?

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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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