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‘Loyalty and experience’: the NLD’s election line-up

The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.

‘Loyalty and experience’: the NLD’s election line-up

The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.

KNU heavyweight prepares for election battle

Lifelong revolutionary Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung speaks to Frontier’s Naw Betty Han about his decision to resign as a senior Karen National Union leader in order to make a run for parliament.

Dubious legends

A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.

By Myint Myat Thu

After WHO driver’s death, fear and foreboding haunt Rakhine’s COVID-19 response

As civilian casualties mount in the conflict between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army, medical personnel in Rakhine are living in fear of being caught up in fighting and say the state is ill-prepared for an outbreak of COVID-19.

By Hein Thar

News Feed, News, Features

‘I just need to go home’: Myanmar workers stranded in UAE

More than 100 Myanmar migrants who have been stranded in the United Arab Emirates since late March face an uncertain wait to return home due to flight disruptions and travel restrictions.

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

News Feed, Bizfeed, News, Business

Government set to unveil COVID-19 economic response plan

Due for release in the coming days, the COVID-19 Comprehensive Response Plan will include new economic stimulus measures and increased funding for the health sector, as well as detail on how the plan can be funded.

By Thomas Kean

News Feed, News

Online mystics cash in during Myanmar virus lockdown

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By AFP

News Feed, News

Podcast: The mental health impact of COVID-19

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By Win Zar Ni Aung

News, Features

Kachin communities rally to receive thousands of workers returning from China

About 18,000 migrant workers in China are returning home through Kachin State, where volunteers are at the forefront of efforts to manage the influx while protecting against COVID-19.

By Naw Awng

News Feed, News, Features

Inside Phaunggyi, Myanmar’s ambitious response to COVID-19

Faced with a shortage of intensive care beds, the Yangon Region government is transforming a training complex for civil servants on the city’s outskirts into a massive facility for treating COVID-19, while hospitals nationwide are also being upgraded.

By Ye Mon

News Feed, News, Affairs, Business, Features

ကိုဗစ် – ၁၉ ကာလ မြဝတီသောက

တရုတ်နှစ်သစ်ကူး အားလပ်ရက်ပြီးနောက် ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံအတွင်း သောင်တင်နေသည့် တရုတ်လူမျိုး အလုပ်သမားထောင်ချီအား ကမ္ဘာအရပ်ရပ်သို့ ကိုရိုနာဗိုင်းရပ်စ် ပျံ့နှံ့နေသည့် ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလမှာပင် ကရင်နယ်ခြားစောင့်တပ်က မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်းသို့ တရားမဝင် ဝင်ရောက်ခွင့်ပြုခဲ့သည်။

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Volume 6, Issue 7

August 11, 2020

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Shan farmer’s killing leaves villagers burning with anger

After the Tatmadaw gunned down a farmer, more than 10,000 people marched in protest.

Editorial, Opinion

Democracy without the dividend

It’s taking over newspaper columns, Facebook feeds and teashop chatter: Myanmar’s November 8 election has quite clearly replaced the COVID-19 pandemic as the national obsession.

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By Hein Thar

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By Ye Mon

By Naw Betty Han

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Shan farmer’s killing leaves villagers burning with anger

Democracy without the dividend

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