The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
BY Frontier
The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.
BY Frontier
After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.
BY Frontier
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
Consider being a Frontier Member.
Support independent journalism in Myanmar. Become a Frontier member today
Paleontologists have discovered what they believe is the world’s oldest animal sperm, frozen inside a blob of tree resin in Myanmar 100 million years ago.
BY AFP
China has locked down a city on the border with Myanmar after a handful of infections were detected there.
BY AFP
As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly the government has cut the facility quarantine period by a week to free up space and save money, as new research shows most patients are no longer infectious after two weeks.
BY Frontier
Hundreds of Rohingya paid traffickers for a one-week trip from Bangladesh to Malaysia to escape squalid refugee camps. Instead, they suffered more than 200 days of terror on the high seas.
BY AFP
An American immigration lawyer writes about the challenges faced by asylum seekers and refugees from Myanmar in Battle Creek, Michigan.
For Muslim communities in rural Mandalay Region, the right to vote is at the mercy of exclusionary laws and a bureaucracy steeped in discrimination.
The new air suspension train between Yangon and Mawlamyine is leagues above Myanmar’s outdated status quo.
In 2016, Ko Ye Win Tun saw a man walk above the clouds on YouTube. Inspired by a professional slackliner, he now wants to popularise the sport in Myanmar.
Rohingya will continue to languish in camps in Bangladesh until there is a change of attitude by key stakeholders, including the Tatmadaw and Dhaka.
Doh Athan
Doh Athan
Latest Issue
Stories in this issue
Become a Frontier Member
Support our independent journalism and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content and analysis
Get exclusive daily updates
Stay on top of Myanmar current affairs with our Daily Briefing and Media Monitor newsletters.
Join the community
Sign up for our Frontier Fridays newsletter. It’s a free weekly round-up featuring the most important events shaping Myanmar