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
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.
BY Frontier
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It’s time that the nation’s most important single natural resource benefitted from a dedicated management authority.
The fourth installment of our series about award-winning responsible tourism businesses profiles Myanmar Adventure Outfitters, a company that takes tourists off the beaten track while offering a helping hand to locals.
Domestic banks have been slow to act on a reform allowing equity injections of up to 35 percent by foreign banks, with some citing continued confusion over the rules.
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This week a production of the Vagina Monologues opens in Yangon and includes two showings in the local language, as Myanmar's conservative image is shaken up.
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Chief Minister Dr Aye Zan angrily terminates an interview after Frontier raises a question about the controversial naming of a bridge, amid growing criticism of the government from state lawmakers.
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