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Local heroes: The people’s response to the earthquake

More than a month after the devastating March 28 earthquake, exhausted relief workers in Mandalay and nearby areas continue to toil in difficult conditions that have left some of them traumatised. We hear from relief workers who have been deeply affected by the death and suffering around them.

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Doh Athan

Local heroes: The people’s response to the earthquake

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Features

Rights deferred: Citizenship reform mothballed in Myanmar

An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.

BY Frontier

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‘Children are innocent’: Myanmar families in grief after school airstrike

Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly airstrike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.

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Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Communal violence is an affront to the rule of law

Only when the authorities take firm action against both perpetrators of violence and those who inspire it can communal conflict be brought under control.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Interview, Business

Much more can be done by the Central Bank’

Frotnier speaks to Abdoulaye Seck, the World Bank's country manager in Myanmar.

BY Peter Janssen

Interview, Business

'Much more can be done by the Central Bank'

Some say the new Financial Institutions Law was written by the World Bank. I don't think this is necessarily intended as a criticism but to what extent did you play a role in drafting this law?

BY Peter Janssen

News, Affairs, Features

High education: Yangon’s university drugs epidemic

Drug abuse is emerging as a serious problem at universities in Yangon and police say there’s increasing evidence that some students are among the dealers.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Interview, Features

We hope that now is the time to rebuild the nation’

Frontier speaks with Colonel Hkun Okker, patron of the Pa-O National Liberation Organisation.

BY Frontier

Bizfeed, Business

Investment in Thilawa SEZ reaches $760m: report

Thilawa Special Economic Zone has attracted US$760 million in investment since plots went on sale there in March 2014.

BY Frontier

Business

Nanny culture nurtures cautious financial system

Strict rules introduced after the financial crisis are holding back the financial sector but the independence of the central bank could be a barrier to the NLD’s reform plans.

BY Peter Janssen

News, Affairs

High education: Yangon's university drugs epidemic

Drug abuse is emerging as a serious problem at universities in Yangon and police say there’s increasing evidence that some students are among the dealers.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Bizfeed, Business

Yoma gets lease extension for Landmark project

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Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

Opinion

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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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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