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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

BY Frontier

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With tales of torture, campaign seeks to divide armed resistance

Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.

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‘These are kidnappings’: Junta targets relatives of activists on the run

Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.

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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

Bizfeed, Business

New mining rules ‘tinkering at the edges’, says MCRB

The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business has urged a total overhaul of the legal framework for mining just weeks after the government enacted rules to bring into force the amended Myanmar Mines Law.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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Central Bank pushes for moveable asset finance law to improve credit access

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BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

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U Parmaukkha walks free from prison after US embassy protest conviction

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BY AFP

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U Thaung Tun rejects 'ethnic cleansing' charge in Geneva

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U Thaung Tun rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ charge in Geneva

A senior Myanmar official on Thursday rejected a UN accusation that his government has been carrying 'ethnic cleansing' against the Rohingya.

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'I just tried to prove to myself that I could do it': Reflections on International Women's Day

A nun, an artist, a lawyer and a leading member of the business community talk to Frontier about their lives and work to mark International Women’s Day.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

Affairs, Culture

Protecting Myanmar's elephants from extinction

A new plan developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation with input from international conservation groups aims to ensure that Myanmar’s wild elephants are not lost to history.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Opinion

Women’s economic empowerment a key goal for Myanmar

There is great potential for a more systematic inclusion of women within Myanmar’s national development plans.

BY Thomas Kring

Affairs, Features

I just tried to prove to myself that I could do it’: Reflections on International Women’s Day

A nun, an artist, a lawyer and a leading member of the business community talk to Frontier about their lives and work to mark International Women’s Day.

BY Katrin Schregenberger

Opinion

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The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

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

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

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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

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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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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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