A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of Myanmar Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company.
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A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of Myanmar Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company.
BY Frontier
Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
BY Frontier
As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.
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Passion and enthusiasm drive a Kachin violinist who achieved his dream of establishing a youth string orchestra from scratch.
Discarded fishing gear brings death and destruction to marine environments and is threatening the unique beauty and biodiversity of Myanmar’s Myeik Archipelago.
Discarded fishing gear brings death and destruction to marine environments and is threatening unique beauty and biodiversity.
There was a time when Myanmar’s anti-graft body was accused of lacking teeth but, under the National League for Democracy government, it has begun to catch big fish.
နဂါးများနှင့် မှော်ဆရာစုန်းထီးများကို ကိုယ်စားပြုနေသော အသေးစိတ်ပြင်ဆင်ထားသည့် ခေါင်းဝတ်အစွပ်များ ဝတ်ဆင်ထားသည့် ပအို့ဝ်တိုင်းရင်းသားများက ကြီးမားသော အိမ်လုပ် မီးလုံးများကို ကောင်းကင်ထဲသို့ ပစ်လွှတ်နေကြသည်။ ယင်းသို့ ပစ်လွှတ်မှုမှာ မိုးကောင်း၍ ငွေပေါစေရန် နှစ်စဉ်ပြုလုပ်သည့် တောင်းဆို ဆုတောင်းပွဲဖြစ်သည်။
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Frontier speaks with Dr Min Zaw Oo, founder of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security, about what it would take to revive deadlocked peace negotiations.
BY Ben Dunant
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The nascent coffee sector has been lauded for weaning smallholder farmers off opium planting, but in Shan State two donor-backed projects have been fighting bitterly over farmers.
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