Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
BY Frontier
Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.
BY Frontier
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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BY AFP
For the 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled to southeast Bangladesh in the past nine months, the approaching monsoon season poses a serious threat.
BY AFP
More than five decades of government propaganda and draconian censorship in Myanmar has contributed to a culture of denial.
Rosalie Metro deftly explores some of the key issues confronting Myanmar in her debut novel Have Fun in Burma.
BY Frontier
Rosalie Metro deftly explores some of the key issues confronting Myanmar in her debut novel Have Fun in Burma.
BY Frontier
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.
BY Frontier
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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