Volume 5, Issue 23

January 9, 2020

Volume 5, Issue 23

No exit: Rohingya jailed en masse for escaping Rakhine

Denied freedom of movement and facing desperate conditions, Rohingya are turning to smugglers to escape Rakhine State, in journeys that often end in arrest and imprisonment.

BY Ye Mon & Eaint Thet Su

Editorial, Opinion

Rakhine is on a precipice

As Myanmar marked Independence Day on January 4 with formal ceremonies, a national holiday and street games, a very different anniversary passed almost without mention in the country’s west.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News, Affairs

The abuse behind Myanmar's fish paste industry

Workers spend eight months without break on fishing rafts moored off the Ayeyarwady Region coast, enduring beatings and deprivation to keep Myanmar supplied with fish paste.

BY Hein Thar

Bizfeed, Affairs, Business, Features

In Myanmar, Chang faces its own black market

Months after Emerald Brewery began producing Chang in Yangon, large quantities of the Thai beer are still being smuggled openly across the border at Myawaddy in a racket dominated by the Kayin Border Guard Force.

BY Naw Betty Han

Opinion

Can the police be loyal to the elected government?

The “Victoria” child rape case has laid bare the institutional failings of the Myanmar Police Force at a time when the government is also asking questions about the force’s conduct.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

Time to recentre power to northern Shan State’s first responders

Local responses to crises can be more effective, relevant and timely than those by external actors, as powerfully demonstrated during the fighting that erupted in northern Shan State last August.

BY Matt Walsh

Photo Essays, Features

Villages eaten by the tide on the Gulf of Mottama

The Gulf of Mottama and the rivers flowing into it create a unique natural environment, but one that often poses challenges to the people living on its shores.

BY Konrad Staehelin