Opinion

Myanmar’s resistance faces a moral quandary after the quake

The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Quake response shows where junta’s priorities lie

Myanmar is reeling from a devastating earthquake but the regime cares more for its own survival.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Facebook’s ‘lethal carelessness’ in Myanmar

Fresh testimony from a Facebook whistleblower suggests the company’s previous failure to protect Myanmar users could amount to gross negligence, particularly amid the Rohingya crisis.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Rethinking justice in the present

Mainstream discussions of transitional justice in Myanmar emphasise future punishment at the expense of dialogue, introspection and structural change.

BY Frontier

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YBS tests the government’s management skills

Resistance to change has emerged as an obstacle to the bold move to upgrade Yangon’s bus system, raising questions about the management capacity of the NLD.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Editorial, Opinion

Has press freedom really improved?

The government is as secretive and non-transparent as its predecessors.

BY Frontier & Frontier

Opinion

A reckoning looms on human rights

The arguments being advanced against the UN fact-finding mission to Myanmar lack weight and credibility.

BY Khin Zaw Win

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The new TV channels: More choice for viewers, but are they viable?

The five companies recently awarded free-to-air television licences will double the number of broadcasters fighting for advertising revenue in what is already a highly competitive market.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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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.

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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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