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Plastic and the pandemic

A sharp increase in household plastic waste amid COVID-19 has exacerbated the threat posed by Yangon’s near-capacity landfills and poor waste management systems.

BY Hein Thar

Single mothers left with few good options

A matrix of social issues is swelling the ranks of Myanmar’s abandoned children.

BY Pyae Sone Aung

The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Myanmar has not executed a convict for decades, though they continue to be put on death row. While some call for capital punishment to be scrapped, others are demanding it for child rapists.

BY Ei Ei Toe Lwin

The dream of a Kayan homeland

The Kayan New Land Party has not traded fire with the Tatmadaw for 26 years, but the armed group says it’s still striving to uplift the Kayan people and secure their autonomy.

BY Ashley South

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‘They want to grow their armies’: Shan armed groups obstruct family planning efforts

Shan armed groups are accused of obstructing family planning programmes so as to ensure more recruits for their armies, at the expense of women’s health

BY Maggi Quadrini

Mon lead the way in mother tongue education

The government and ethnic groups in revolt against it have run parallel education systems for decades. Mon educators now seek recognition for their mother tongue-based system, while the government slowly brings ethnic languages into classrooms.

BY Eva Hirschi

A clean-up campaign for Yangon’s air pollution

Knowledge is power and a group of students has built its own air quality monitor as part of a project to raise awareness about the dangers of particulate matter pollution.

BY Zaw Win Htet & Eaint Thet Su

Welcome to Wa State

Frontier visited the Wa-administered territory on the border with China, which feels remote from the rest of Myanmar and is increasingly looking to the world beyond it.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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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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