A sharp increase in household plastic waste amid COVID-19 has exacerbated the threat posed by Yangon’s near-capacity landfills and poor waste management systems.
BY Hein Thar
A sharp increase in household plastic waste amid COVID-19 has exacerbated the threat posed by Yangon’s near-capacity landfills and poor waste management systems.
BY Hein Thar
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
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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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