Volume 6, Issue 4

July 4, 2020

Volume 6, Issue 4

As the resumed Kachin war enters its tenth year, people who lost their homes to the conflict tell their stories

Features

Displaced Kachin tell of lost homes and uncertain futures

As the resumed Kachin war enters its tenth year, people who have lost their homes to the conflict speak to Frontier of loss and their determination to overcome hardship.

BY Emily Fishbein

Editorial, Opinion

The other ‘second wave’

The government needs to move faster to avert a financial catastrophe for millions of households in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

2020 Election

NLD candidate selection sparks controversy ahead of election

The National League for Democracy is keen to avoid a repeat of the in-fighting that dogged candidate selection in 2015, but its recruitment of “elders” for the task has made some cry foul.

BY Ye Mon & Hein Thar

News, Features

Stranded at sea, stuck at home: Seafarers weather storm of uncertainty

COVID-19 travel restrictions have stranded thousands of Myanmar seafarers abroad, while thousands more are languishing at home and eager to return to work.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

Features

The mystery man behind the Shwe Kokko project

The main investor in a controversial Kayin State mega project is an expatriate Chinese businessman who has a built a commercial empire in Southeast Asia by fudging connections with the Chinese state.

BY Andrew Nachemson

Features

Myanmar’s stillborn radio industry

Myanmar’s FM stations provide little independent news to their audiences and this seems unlikely to change until the government finally begins implementing the 2015 Broadcasting Law.

BY Hein Thar

2020 Election, Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

What lies behind the NLD’s candidate controversy?

The National League for Democracy’s ostensibly bottom-up candidate selection process should not be mistaken for the real party decision-making ahead of this year’s election.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Features

Call me Mi: Ethnic groups celebrate honorifics victory

Mon, Karen, and Pa-O can now add their traditional ethnic titles to official documents, which ethnic leaders consider a small step away from decades of “Burmanisation”.

BY Lawi Weng

Travel, Features, Culture

‘No rain, no visitors and no income’: Bagan adjusts to tourism crash

In common with popular destinations around the world, Bagan has been hit hard by the economic effects of the pandemic and many there who rely on tourists for a living have had to adapt to survive.

BY Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe