Volume 5, Issue 21

December 5, 2019

Volume 5, Issue 21

Behind closed doors: the UN envoy to Myanmar

Eighteen months into her mandate, UN special envoy Ms Christine Schraner Burgener faces criticism that she’s done little but sweet-talk the authorities – but keeping the world in the dark about her activities is all part of her “quiet diplomacy” strategy.

BY Konrad Staehelin

Editorial, Opinion

It’s not me, it’s you

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is an eager traveller, and she seems to appreciate a warm welcome. In her role as foreign minister, she regularly flies to Asian capitals, and to places further afield, to ink deals and forge alliances with friendly foreign powers.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Official residences in Nay Pyi Taw left to ruin

Many of the official residences built at considerable expense for ministers and deputy ministers are sitting empty in overgrown compounds.

BY Nanda & Ye Mon

News Feed, Bizfeed, News, Affairs, Business, Features

The business of the Kayin State Border Guard Force

The economic ventures of the Kayin State Border Guard Force have gained notoriety, but the group insists its businesses benefit the Karen people.

BY Naw Betty Han

News Feed, Bizfeed, News, Affairs, Business, Features

Rakhine investment push falls flat

Two years ago the government sought an economic fix for Rakhine by luring private investment to the conflict-wracked state, but big-dollar pledges have failed to materialise.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

Bizfeed, Business, Features

Treasury bonds gain momentum

The market for government bonds is picking up and now covers the budget deficit, but some players say the Central Bank of Myanmar needs to do more to boost sales.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The exile who warned of ‘genocide’

A Myanmar academic living overseas can claim a prominent role in getting Myanmar to answer genocide charges at an international court.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Justice, Argentina and ‘universal jurisdiction’

In the second of our two-part series on justice and accountability in Rakhine State, we examine the use of “universal jurisdiction” in Argentina and the problems with Myanmar’s own investigation into allegations of abuses.

BY Thomas Kean

News Feed, Photo Essays, Affairs, News, Business, Features

The price of Indawgyi’s gold

For communities living around Kachin State’s Indawgyi Lake, small-scale gold mining is a vital source of income, but it is taking a toll on the lake’s ecosystem.

BY Frontier & Frontier