Editorial

Junta’s difficulty is Myanmar’s opportunity

The military’s recent humiliations have injected new life into the resistance, making it more important than ever to build a united front.

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Editorial, Opinion

The Myanmar junta’s census heralds a totalitarian nightmare

The regime’s planned population count threatens to boost its powers of surveillance and leave dissidents with few places to hide.

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Editorial, Opinion

Righting wrongs in Myanmar requires justice – not retribution

Degrees of culpability must be carefully weighed to stop justice turning into vindictiveness, while those claiming authority need to come clean about their own past deeds.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar’s coup: Two years on but a long fight ahead

Resistance forces have humiliated coup leader Min Aung Hlaing but victory may require a lengthy struggle, and society must stay resilient in the meantime.

BY Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Editorial, Opinion

Let's hope next year isn't like the last

To say that 2017 did not unfold as many of us had hoped would be an understatement.

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Editorial, Opinion

Let’s hope next year isn’t like the last

To say that 2017 did not unfold as many of us had hoped would be an understatement.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Putting state revenue to good use

Some state-owned enterprises have accumulated well over K10 trillion kyats in their accounts. That's four times Myanmar’s budget deficit.

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Editorial, Opinion

Reuters arrests a damning reflection on the state of Myanmar’s democratic transition

These are dark days for journalism in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

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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