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Wild Waters: Yangon Region

For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.

BY Dominic Horner

News Feed, Uncategorized, Travel, Culture

Wild Waters: Yangon Region

For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.

BY Dominic Horner

News

Air pollution: The other invisible menace

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

News Feed, 2020 Election, News

Votes for the boys: How soldiers delivered USDP victories in ethnic states

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.

BY Kaung Hset Naing & Ben Dunant

Tanintharyi Region’s boring election

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In this Myanmar American News video, Go Shal Lay – whose real name is U Aung Naing Htwe – claims that President U Win Myint is a Chinese citizen and pledges to reveal the president's corruption. (Frontier)

YouTube: Myanmar’s new disinformation frontier

Childhood denied: A reporter reflects

Children peer out from a doorway at the Yellow Generation Wave Monastery in Yangon Region. (Steve Tickner | Frontier)

Single mothers left with few good options

The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

News Feed

UPDATE: ဦးထင်ကျော် သမ္မတ ရာထူးမှ နုတ်ထွက်၊ ဦးဝင်းမြင့်အား ရွေးချယ်ဖွယ်ရှိဟု သတင်းထွက်ပေါ်

ဦးထင်ကျော်သည် “လက်ရှိအလုပ်တာဝန်များမှ အနားယူလိုသောကြောင့်” မတ် ၂၁ ရက်နေ့မှ စတင်ကာ နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရာထူးမှ နုတ်ထွက်သွားသည်ဟု နိုင်ငံတော်သမ္မတရုံးက ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းတွင် ကြေညာခဲ့သည်။

BY Frontier & Su Myat Mon

Affairs, Business, Features

As capacity crisis looms, closing Myanmar’s power gap

Myanmar’s government recently gave the go-ahead to some of the largest power projects in recent years, but it now faces a major short-term challenge – providing the country’s immediate energy needs.

BY Thomas Kean & Kyaw Ye Lynn

Affairs, Culture

Fans hope for end to Myanmar's 50-year Asian Cup drought

It’s been 50 years since the national team qualified for the most prestigious competition in Asian football and hopes are high that the wait will soon be over.

BY Htun Khaing

News Feed, News

Displaced villagers protest as army troops linger in Hpapun

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BY Sean Gleeson

Affairs, Features, Culture

Fans hope for end to Myanmar’s 50-year Asian Cup drought

It’s been 50 years since the national team qualified for the most prestigious competition in Asian football and hopes are high that the wait will soon be over.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News

No man’s land’ refugees reject return on Myanmar terms, camp chief says

Rohingya holed up one the Bangladeshi border after fleeing Myanmar will only accept repatriation to their home villages, a local leader said Sunday.

BY AFP

Affairs, Features

Govt urges Nay Pyi Taw move for embassies, but obstacles remain

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar needs to improve services in Nay Pyi Taw to entice foreign embassies to shift from Yangon, but even government officials admit that the move will be a tough sell for many years.

BY Su Myat Mon

News Feed, News

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi cancels Sydney speech, citing illness

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BY Oliver Slow

News Feed, News

At least four arrested and one injured in Mandalay riot

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Opinion

Peace is broken in the Karen hills. How will donors respond?

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with a rare opportunity to heal

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Podcast: Fate of migrant workers on hold

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Fate of migrant workers on hold

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Volume 6, Issue 17

January 12, 2021

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The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Myanmar has not executed a convict for decades, though they continue to be put on death row. While some call for capital punishment to be scrapped, others are demanding it for child rapists.

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