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
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
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Rosalie Metro deftly explores some of the key issues confronting Myanmar in her debut novel Have Fun in Burma.
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Rosalie Metro deftly explores some of the key issues confronting Myanmar in her debut novel Have Fun in Burma.
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Two recent — seemingly well-intentioned — statements from the NLD leadership highlight only serve to highlight how far the government is from achieving peace and reconciliation.
BY Sai Wansai
President’s Office says it has accepted U Kyaw Win’s resignation as Anti-Corruption Commission prepares to wrap up investigation launched earlier this month.
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A new art exhibition space at Yangon’s Secretariat building aims to showcase the city’s ability to become an international capital for culture.
BY Oliver Slow
In the final instalment of a two-part series, Frontier’s senior correspondent Mratt Kyaw Thu charts the rise of the Tablighi Jamaat movement and the deep divisions its growing popularity has created within the Muslim community.
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BY Oliver Slow
A decree enacted in 1964 has been an obstacle to the efficient management of the nation’s libraries, but that may be about to change.
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