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‘Loyalty and experience’: the NLD’s election line-up

The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.

‘Loyalty and experience’: the NLD’s election line-up

The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.

KNU heavyweight prepares for election battle

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.

Dubious legends

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.

By Myint Myat Thu

Myanmar’s newsmakers of 2017

Here they are, for better or worse: those who made headlines during 2017, from a beloved canine to political leaders and imprisoned journalists.

ရိုက်တာသတင်းထောက်နှစ်ဦးကို ရုံးထုတ်၊ ရမန်နှစ်ပတ် ထပ်ယူ

နိုင်ငံတော် လျှို့ဝှက်ချက် အက်ဥပဒေကို ချိုးဖောက်သည်ဟု စွပ်စွဲခံထားရကာ ပြီးခဲ့သည့် ရက်သတ္တပတ်နှစ်ပတ်က ဖမ်းဆီးခံခဲ့ရသည့် ရိုက်တာ သတင်းထောက်နှစ်ဦးကို ယနေ့ရုံးထုတ်ပြီး ရမန် နောက်ထပ် နှစ်ပတ်ယူခဲ့သည်ဟု ၎င်းတို့၏ ရှေ့နေက ပြောကြားသည်။

By Reuters

Affairs, Features

Human rights and Myanmar’s digital gender divide

Female activists preaching a message of tolerance online are finding that they too are becoming a target.

By Maggi Quadrini

Affairs, Features

Reuters case exposes tensions over the role of journalists

The public response to the arrest of the two Reuters reporters is indicative of a wider debate about the role of journalists in Myanmar.

By Kyaw Lin Htoon

News, Interview

Reuters chief: ‘We’re in this for as long as it takes to get them free’

Reuters executive editor Mr Reg Chua tells Frontier’s Thomas Kean about the news agency’s campaign to free its reporters and the “chilling” effect their arrest will have on Myanmar’s media.

By Thomas Kean

Bizfeed, Business

Seven takeaways from the Myanmar Gems Emporium

The second Myanmar Gems Emporium of the year was held in Nay Pyi Taw from December 12 to 21. Here’s what we learned.

By Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Bizfeed, Business

Daw Suu stresses transparency, accountability in mining sector

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By Frontier

Affairs, Features

Grassroots candidates fight for votes in local government elections

Ward and village-tract administrator elections have been mostly peaceful but activists say that in some areas competition between political parties and other groups has caused conflict – and even resulted in some participants being attacked.

By Hein Ko Soe

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 7

August 11, 2020

Stories in this issue

Features

Shan farmer’s killing leaves villagers burning with anger

After the Tatmadaw gunned down a farmer, more than 10,000 people marched in protest.

Editorial, Opinion

Democracy without the dividend

It’s taking over newspaper columns, Facebook feeds and teashop chatter: Myanmar’s November 8 election has quite clearly replaced the COVID-19 pandemic as the national obsession.

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By Frontier

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By Naw Betty Han

By Myint Myat Thu

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By Frontier

By Maggi Quadrini

By Reuters

By Maggi Quadrini

By Kyaw Lin Htoon

By Thomas Kean

By Nyan Hlaing Lynn

By Frontier

By Hein Ko Soe

Opinion

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Shan farmer’s killing leaves villagers burning with anger

Democracy without the dividend

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