Online loan app scams have exploded in Myanmar amid a deep economic crisis, trapping victims with predatory interest rates and blackmailing them after accessing their personal data.
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Online loan app scams have exploded in Myanmar amid a deep economic crisis, trapping victims with predatory interest rates and blackmailing them after accessing their personal data.
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Vital conservation activities have been suspended since the 2021 coup, while growing conflict and lawlessness have fuelled a reported rise in illegal fishing techniques that threaten the endangered species.
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A frontline medic writes of two individuals she met in Kayah State, whose stories exemplify the diverse ways Myanmar’s youth are contributing to, and sacrificing for, the revolution.
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In the second of a two-part series, we teach you three more games played on the streets of Myanmar.
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State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi says whether another seizure of power by the military is probable is a question best put to the military.
Business groups are furious about a move to introduce jail terms for violations of a labour dispute settlement law, but lawmakers and trade unions say it is the only way to ensure compliance.
U Ye Htut, former minister for information and visiting senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, talks Rakhine with Frontier’s Thomas Kean.
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