Activists have faced a barrage of criticism on social media over protests in support of peace and other causes.
Activists have faced a barrage of criticism on social media over protests in support of peace and other causes.
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.
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.
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A vast forested area covering about a quarter of Tanintharyi Region is the focus of disagreement between those who want to conserve it, and present and former residents for whom it is home.
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ပြီးခဲ့တဲ့ ဒီဇင်ဘာလကတည်းက ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရပြီး နိုင်ငံတော်လျှို့ဝှက်ချက် အက်ဥပဒေအား ချိုးဖောက်သည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရသည့် ရိုက်တာသတင်းသမားနှစ်ဦးအား လွှတ်ပေးရန် ၎င်းတို့၏ ရှေ့နေများက ယနေ့ တင်ပြမှုကို တရားသူကြီးက ပယ်ချလိုက်သည်။
Beneficiaries of a $48 million USAID grant to strengthen local communities in southeastern Myanmar include a women’s group that campaigns against gender-based violence.
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The latest World Bank ease of doing business report ranked Myanmar near the bottom of 190 global economies and this story will help you to understand why.
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