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

Highlights

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Backpage, Opinion

Backpackers, dress like a human being

It’s not going to misalign your chakras to shave and throw on a pair of knock-off Levis.

BY Backpage

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The NLD's move to amend the constitution is unlikely to succeed

The move by the National League for Democracy government to amend the constitution is unlikely to succeed in the face of Tatmadaw opposition, but will enable the party to say it has implemented an election pledge.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The NLD’s move to amend the constitution is unlikely to succeed

The move by the National League for Democracy government to amend the constitution is unlikely to succeed in the face of Tatmadaw opposition.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Editorial, Opinion

Bursting the red balloon

The only surprising thing about the failure of payment service provider Red Dot was the apparent suddenness with which the company departed.

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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