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Volume 6, Issue 17

Volume 6, Issue 17

Myanmar has not executed a convict for decades, but abolitionists face a growing demand for death for child rapists.
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Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

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Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

Frontier

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The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

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The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Danny Fenster

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News Feed, Photo Essays, News, Affairs, Features

Single mothers left with few good options

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Children at an orphanage located at the Yellow Generation Wave monastery in Yangon's northern suburbs, seen in December 2020. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)

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Single mothers left with few good options

Danny Fenster

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Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

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A Myanmar migrant worker handles barrels of cotton in a textile factory in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. (AFP)

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Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

Thomas Kean

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Uncategorized, News

Too little, too late: Thailand belatedly tightens border security after outbreak

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Medical officials test a man for the COVID-19 at a seafood market in the migrant hub of Samut Sakhon on December 19, two days after the virus was detected in a worker from Myanmar. (AFP)

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Too little, too late: Thailand belatedly tightens border security after outbreak

Lawi Weng

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Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

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Senior General Min Aung Hlaing salutes during a Martyrs' Day ceremony in Yangon on July 19, 2020. (AFP)

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Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

Sithu Aung Myint

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Air pollution: The other invisible menace

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Farmers burn rice straw to clear a field beside the road between Dala and Twante in Yangon Region on December 14. Biomass burning, including crop residues, contribute significantly to Yangon's air pollution. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

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Air pollution: The other invisible menace

Thomas Kean

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Plastic and the pandemic

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The Dawei Chaung dump in Yangon's North Dagon Township is seen on December 15, 2020. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

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Plastic and the pandemic

Hein Thar

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Votes for the boys: How soldiers delivered USDP victories in ethnic states

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Votes for the boys: How soldiers delivered USDP victories in ethnic states

Ben Dunant

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Wild Waters: Yangon Region

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Island hopping at Yangon Region's Ta Blu Hla Dam will ease your lockdown blues – but travel at your own risk. (Dominic Horner)

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Wild Waters: Yangon Region

Dominic Horner

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Backpage, Opinion

Childhood denied: A reporter reflects

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Childhood denied: A reporter reflects

Ben Dunant

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