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Too little, too late: Thailand belatedly tightens border security after COVID-19 outbreak

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

Uncategorized, News

Too little, too late: Thailand belatedly tightens border security after COVID-19 outbreak

BY Lawi Weng

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

We're not betting on a print revival to ensure Frontier’s survival, but we believe print still has an important place in the media landscape.

BY Frontier

News Feed

The rich get richer: Imagining Yangon in 2025 as a city of haves and have nots

Purrfect English Youth Essay Competition winner May Myat Noe Khant imagines a future in which urbanisation and increased foreign investment privilege a lucky few but leave the rest behind.

BY May Myat Noe Khant

Tanintharyi Region’s boring election

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

The Dawei Chaung dump in Yangon's North Dagon Township is seen on December 15, 2020. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Plastic and the pandemic

The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

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

News Feed, News

Myanmar, Bangladesh to verify ‘zero line’ refugees, says MOFA official

The verification of refugees stranded in the 'no man's land' buffer zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh will be carried out by the two countries with no other involvement.

BY Frontier

Bizfeed, Business

Yangon circle line upgrade on track for 2020 finish: Myanma Railways

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BY Htun Khaing

News Feed, Breaking News, News

Bomb blast hits bank in Lashio

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

News Feed, News

Tanintharyi locals say national park conservation plan threatening livelihoods

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BY Su Myat Mon

News

Episode 18: The growing toll on Myanmar’s elderly

In this week's episode of Doh Athan, an investigation into the plight of Myanmar's elderly citizens.

BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Htet Htet Naing

Photo Essays, Features, Culture

Financial support needed for Myanmar’s young athletes

Young men and women with the potential to shine at sport are spurning opportunities to train for national teams and represent Myanmar abroad because of the meagre salaries on offer.

BY Htun Khaing

Affairs, Features, Culture

The colonial-era cemeteries honouring Turkish POWs

In World War I, Meiktila and Thayetmyo became the unlikely final resting places for hundreds of Ottoman Empire troops sent to Burma by the British after being captured during fighting in the Middle East.

BY James T Davies

Affairs, Features, Culture

Yangon in pictures, then and now

A British resident of Yangon has created a website that highlights the dramatic changes development has brought to the former capital since the turn of the 20th century.

BY Oliver Slow

Business, Features

နို့နှင့် နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်မှု မြင့်တက်လာစေရေး ကြိုးပမ်းနေ

မြို့ပြ၌ နေထိုင်သူများကြားတွင် ကိတ်မုန့်နှင့် ပေါင်မုန့်များ စားသုံးမှု များပြားလာသောကြောင့် ပြည်တွင်းရှိ နို့ထွက်ပစ္စည်း ထုတ်လုပ်သည့် လုပ်ငန်းများလည်း တိုးတက်လာနေသည်။ ကလေးသုံးယောက်လျှင် တစ်ယောက်မှာ အာဟာရချို့တဲ့နေသည့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် နွားနို့မှာ အဓိကထားရမည့် အာဟာရတစ်ခုဖြစ်သည်။

BY Thomas Manch

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with a rare opportunity to heal

News Feed, 2020 Election, Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Fresh vote unlikely soon in Rakhine, but Japan’s Sasakawa deserves praise

News Feed, News, Opinion

Give the people more parks

Doh Athan

Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

Doh Athan

Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

Doh Athan

Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

Doh Athan

Podcast: Traditional justice harms Kachin women

Doh Athan

Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

Doh Athan

Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

Doh Athan

Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

Doh Athan

Podcast: Traditional justice harms Kachin women

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Volume 6, Issue 17

January 12, 2021

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Why we’re back in print

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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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