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‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

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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‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News, Opinion

The Tatmadaw can’t turn back the clock on Myanmar’s news industry

The military’s media bans, mass arrests and newsroom raids may have left newsstands barren, but professional and citizen journalists will continue recording the regime’s crimes.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News Feed, News, Features

‘Any news from the internet?’: Fear and rumour in villages forced offline

With most internet access cut, one Frontier reporter struggles to keep their Ayeyarwady Region village informed while dictating stories to editors in Yangon by phone.

BY Frontier

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News Feed, News

Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

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Myanmar delays UN refugee chief's visit

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BY AFP

News Feed, Bizfeed, News, Business

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

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BY Ye Mon

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

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

News Feed, News

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

How the CDM can win

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Podcast: Displaced again

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Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

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Podcast: Children caught in conflict (English)

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Video: Activists speak out

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Podcast: Displaced again

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Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

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Podcast: Children caught in conflict (English)

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Video: Activists speak out

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

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