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

With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

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

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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

Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.

BY Lawi Weng

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

We're not betting on a print revival to ensure Frontier’s survival, but we believe print still has an important place in the media landscape.

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Tanintharyi Region’s boring election

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

Plastic and the pandemic

The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

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

Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life

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

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Myanmar delays UN refugee chief's visit

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Kachin parties refute China’s claim of local support for Myitsone Dam

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BY Ye Mon

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Govt stirs Rakhine anger with warning about Arakan Army

Rakhine nationalists were outraged when the government warned them not to support the Rakhine armed group and accused it of colluding with Rohingya militants.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Facing an uncertain future: Chin refugees in Malaysia

The UN refugee agency has begun phasing out the protection it provides in Malaysia to tens of thousands of Chin, most of whom do not want to return to Myanmar.

BY Eva Hirschi

News Feed, Photo Essays, News, Affairs, Features

Salween Peace Park: federalism from below?

Hundreds gathered recently in a remote mountain village to celebrate the inauguration of a ‘peace park’ backed by the Karen National Union.

BY Ben Dunant

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Reuters journalists lose Yangon court appeal against seven-year sentence

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BY Ye Mon

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စုပေါင်းပိုက်ဆံစုကြပြီး ဘဝတွေကို ပြောင်းလဲကြမယ်

တက်လမ်းကနေ အသက်သွင်းပေးလိုက်တဲ့ ငွေစုငွေချေးအဖွဲ့ငယ်တွေဟာ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်အတွင်းက ဝေးလံခေါင်ဖျားတဲ့ကျေးရွာတွေမှာ အမျိုးသမီးတွေအတွက် လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်နဲ့ အစွမ်းအစတွေဖော်ထုတ်ပြသနိုင်ရာ စင်မြင့်တွေဖြစ်လာကြပါတယ်။

BY Margarite Clarey

Bizfeed, Business, Features

သစ်လုပ်ငန်းစီမံကိန်းထောက်ပံ့မှုကို ဗြိတိန် ယာယီရပ်ဆိုင်း

ဗြိတိသျှဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးအေဂျင်စီဖြစ်သည့် အပြည်ပြည်ဆိုင်ရာဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးဌာနသည် ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်မှပြဿနာကြောင့် သစ်လုပ်ငန်း ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရေး စီမံကိန်း ငွေကြေးထောက်ပံ့မှုကို ယာယီရပ်ဆိုင်းခဲ့သည်။

BY Kyaw Ye Lynn

Backpage, Opinion

Myanmar’s foreign ministry battens down the hatches

The cancellation of a study tour to Myanmar is a concerning sign of the country's political climate.

BY Thomas Kean

Opinion

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

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

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with a rare opportunity to heal

News Feed, 2020 Election, Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Fresh vote unlikely soon in Rakhine, but Japan’s Sasakawa deserves praise

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

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Volume 6, Issue 17

January 12, 2021

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The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Myanmar has not executed a convict for decades, though they continue to be put on death row. While some call for capital punishment to be scrapped, others are demanding it for child rapists.

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