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.

BY Frontier

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.

BY Frontier

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

A damning indictment of Myanmar’s legal system

Myanmar's judicial system faces monumental problems, ranging from poorly qualified judges and lawyers to corruption and interference by the executive.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Scammers find easy pickings in a new market

Authorities in Myanmar could be doing much more to stop people falling victims to scams and Ponzi schemes.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Why we went to Bangladesh

It is only by listening to each other that we will be able to build understanding and ultimately confront the demons that have plagued Rakhine State for generations.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Court decisions on 66(d) a cynical attempt to deflect public criticism

If the Tatmadaw wants to show it’s sincere, it should issue a public commitment to no longer use these unjust laws in the first place.

BY Frontier & Frontier

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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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