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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News, Features

The NUG’s Rohingya policy: ‘Campaign statement’ or genuine reform?

The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.

BY Frontier

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‘A threat to the revolution’: Pyusawhti returns to post-coup Myanmar

A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

Infographics, Features

Myanmar agriculture 101

A quick introduction to the past, present and future of Myanmar’s most important industry.

BY Jared Downing

Bizfeed, Business

Uber sells Southeast Asian business to Grab

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Breaking News, News

Parliament schedules presidential vote for March 28

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

Backpage, Opinion

An American Yankee in Myanmar’s court

An ode to the magisterial wonder of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

BY Jared Downing

News, Affairs, Features

A molecular weapon against Tuberculosis

A Myanmar scientist and his team are working to arm the healthcare system with a cutting-edge tech that can target TB outbreaks before they even start.

BY Jared Downing

News Feed, News

Inspirational women from civil society and government win US embassy award

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BY Su Myat Mon

Business, Features

Tourism sector still desperate for talent

Tourism has seen substantial growth in Myanmar, but industry insiders argue that a lack of an industry training standard is proving a hindrance to service quality.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

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ပင်နီတို့ရဲ့အာဏာတစ်ရပ် တစ်ပါးသူလက် အပ်နှင်းလိုက်တဲ့အခါ

နိုင်ငံတော်အင်္ဂါစဉ်မှာ နံပါတ် (၅)နေရာရှိပြီး အရေးပေါ်အခြေအနေနဲ့ကြုံလာရရင် တိုင်းပြည်စီမံ ခန့်ခွဲမှုကို အဓိကတာဝန်ယူရမယ့် အမျိုးသားကာကွယ်ရေးနှင့် လုံခြုံရေးကောင်စီရဲ့ အဖွဲ့ဝင်တစ်ဦးအဖြစ်လည်း တာဝန်ရှိတဲ့ ပြည်သူ့လွှတ်တော်ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ ရာထူးကို အာဏာရပါတီဝင်မဟုတ်သူတစ်ဦးထံ အပ်နှင်းလိုက်တဲ့ ကိစ္စအပေါ် ပူပန်သူတွေ ရှိနေပါတယ်။

BY Frontier

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U Htin Kyaw resignation ‘planned in advance’, wife says

Daw Su Su Lwin, the wife of outgoing president U Htin Kyaw has denied reports that her husband retired this week due to poor health.

BY Frontier

Opinion

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The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

Opinion

The NUG must commit to human rights for all Myanmar’s people

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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