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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In southern Chin State, civilians fear bombs more than COVID-19

As the nation focuses on the fight against the coronavirus, Chin villagers are being killed in military operations that are far deadlier than the spread of COVID-19.

BY Salai SH Lian

Opinion

Covering Rakhine: journalism, conflict and identity

A Myanmar journalist and fixer describes the dilemmas of objectivity, identity and trust posed by reporting in a state riven with communal animosity.

BY Eaint Thiri Thu

Opinion

In Rohingya refugee camps, the internet blackout could kill

With COVID-19 detected close to the camps, the internet blackout that Bangladesh has imposed on a million Rohingya refugees could soon prove deadly.

BY Sawyeddollah

Opinion

From Cyclone Nargis to COVID-19, Myanmar has come a long way

The government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has its flaws, but is heartening for those who remember the military junta’s callous response to Cyclone Nargis in 2008.

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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