Interview

A day in the life of a Shwe Kokko scammer

Many workers brought to criminal hubs in Southeast Asia have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, but some are seeking a payday despite the risks. Frontier spoke to two workers – one in online gambling the other in online scams – about their daily lives, working conditions and what brought them to Shwe Kokko.

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Interview

Q&A: Kachin activist Sut Seng Htoi says ‘no issue should be censored or avoided’

The spokesperson of the Kachin State Civilian Movement discusses resource governance, resisting the patriarchy and the role of civil society in holding the Kachin Independence Organization to account.

BY Emily Fishbein

Interview

Q&A: NUG’s Lashi La says military leaders ‘don’t want peace’

Nearly two years since its formation, the National Unity Government’s acting president Duwa Lashi La speaks to Frontier about military strategy, the parallel government’s relations with China and ethnic armed groups, its achievements so far and its plans for the future.

BY Frontier

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Q&A: Sean Turnell on being framed as Suu Kyi’s ‘puppet master’

The freed Australian economic advisor talks to Frontier about the military regime that put him behind bars and the views of fellow prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.

BY Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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“မြန်မာနိုင်ငံက ဆမ်ဆောင်းရဲ့ ခပ်မြန်မြန် တိုးတက်နေတဲ့ ဈေးကွက်ဖြစ်တယ်”

နိုင်ငံတကာ ကုမ္ပဏီကြီးဖြစ်သော ဆမ်ဆောင်းသည် တောင်ကိုရီးယား၏ အကြီးမားဆုံး စီးပွားရေး လုပ်ငန်းစုကြီး ဖြစ်ပြီး သူ၏ ဒါဇင်ပေါင်းများစွာသော လုပ်ငန်းခွဲများထဲ၌ ဆမ်ဆောင်း အီလက်ထရွန်းနစ်လည်း ပါဝင်သည်။ ဆမ်ဆောင်း အီလက်ထရွန်းနစ်သည် ကမ္ဘာ့အကြီးမားဆုံးအိုင်တီကုမ္ပဏီများထဲမှ တစ်ခုလည်း ဖြစ်သည်။ ဆမ်ဆောင်း လ

BY Frontier

Interview, Business

Securities Commission chief: ‘It’s not nuclear physics’

U Maung Maung Thein, chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar (SECM), talks with Frontier about plans to open Myanmar’s first stock market in December.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Interview, Business

‘Who are these sanctions helping, and who are they hurting?’

Eric Rose is the lead director of Herzfeld Rubin Meyer & Rose, which describes itself as the “first American law firm to open a law office in Myanmar.” Since July 2013, the firm has offered a range of legal services and maintains a pro-bono practice. Mr Rose has risen to prominence for helping Americans to navigate the financial sanctions regime the United States maintains against Myanmar, including a high-profile suit against U Tay Za’s Htoo Group on behalf of an American couple injured in the Air Bagan crash at Heho airport on Christmas Day 2012. He spoke with Frontier about US-Myanmar relations and Washington’s unique sanctions regime, of which he is a vocal critic.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Interview, Business

Securities Commission chief: 'It’s not nuclear physics'

U Maung Maung Thein, chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar (SECM), talks with Frontier about plans to open Myanmar’s first stock market in December.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

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.

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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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