Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
Volunteer networks and cross-border ethnic and family ties have ensured a refuge for thousands who’ve fled overland to India’s Mizoram state, but some long to return to Myanmar to rejoin the anti-coup struggle.
With an entire academic year already lost to the pandemic, the junta says schools will reopen on June 1, but teachers, students and their parents are refusing to attend or enroll in schools administered by generals and policed by soldiers.
BY Frontier
Customers are flooding branches and ATMs in an effort to withdraw funds, but with cash in short supply, the steady reopening of branches is only putting more pressure on struggling private banks.
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After decades of military rule, the culture and mindset is stifling reform efforts, but tackling the problems will require huge political commitment and long-term investment.
BY Henrich Dahm
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Southern Chin State has been open to foreign travellers since 2015 and offers hundreds of kilometres of roads to explore – if you don’t mind some bumps along the way.
BY Will Callan
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Scenic, mountainous Chin State has huge potential as a tourist destination, as shown by a big jump in foreign and domestic visitors in the first three months of this year.
BY Su Myat Mon
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ဘင်္ဂလားဒေရှ့်နဲ့ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ် နယ်စပ်ဒေသမှာ စိတ်ကြွဆေးပြား ကုန်သွယ်မှုတွေ မြင့်တက်လာနေသလို ငွေရလွယ်တဲ့ ဒီလိုတရားမဝင်လုပ်ငန်းမှာ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ဒုက္ခသည်တွေ၊ မူးယစ်ဆေးဂိုဏ်းတွေနဲ့ မြန်မာလက်နက်ကိုင်တွေလည်း ပါဝင်ပတ်သက် ဆက်နွယ်နေပါတယ်။
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At times, Frontier Myanmar has been accused of giving too much attention to the country’s Muslim community, and even of taking sides in the communal and religious conflicts that have plagued Myanmar in recent years.
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