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Unpaid power bills put junta finances on the line

Electricity is one of the largest government expenses and the regime is facing a huge budget hole unless it can coerce users to pay up – which many have no intention of doing.

BY Frontier

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Unpaid power bills put junta finances on the line

Electricity is one of the largest government expenses and the regime is facing a huge budget hole unless it can coerce users to pay up – which many have no intention of doing.

BY Frontier

Opinion

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

To secure international support and an inclusive future, the National Unity Government must pledge to defend the rights of everyone in the country – including the Rohingya.

BY Laetitia van den Assum & Sean Bain

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Communities defy junta’s attempts to rule wards and villages

The Tatmadaw is fighting to wrest control of local administration, but many of its appointed officials have been hobbled by fierce, and sometimes violent, opposition.

BY Frontier

Highlights

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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

Interview, Business

U Ko Ko Gyi: 'What is important is how policies impact people’s daily lives'

Former student leader U Ko Ko Gyi and some fellow 88 Generation activists have decided the time is right for a direct role in the political arena to advance their vision for a democratic Myanmar.

BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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And then there were 10: Mon, Lahu armed groups to sign ceasefire

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BY Su Myat Mon

News Feed, News, Culture

Myanmar's biggest LGBT event returning to Yangon

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BY Oliver Slow

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Rakhine State reels after Mrauk U violence, arrests

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

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Myanmar to buy Russian fighter jets in deal worth more than $200m

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BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, News, Culture

Myanmar’s biggest LGBT event returning to Yangon

Organisers of the fourth installment of the Yangon &PROUD LGBT Film Festival will hold a series of events over the next two weekends.

BY Oliver Slow

Interview, Business, Features

U Ko Ko Gyi: ‘What is important is how policies impact people’s daily lives’

Some 88 Generation activists have decided the time is right for a direct role in the political arena to advance their vision for a democratic Myanmar.

BY Frontier

News, Affairs

Legal reforms to support Myanmar’s anti-corruption battle

Following the appointment of a new Anti-Corruption Commission in November, attention is turning to the need for legal reform to protect whistleblowers.

BY Hein Ko Soe

News, Affairs

Divisions harden over coal power plant in Kayin State

A Thai company planning to build a $2.8 billion power plant says its advanced technology will prevent damage to the environment, but nearby residents are sceptical.

BY Su Myat Mon

Opinion

The Tatmadaw can’t turn back the clock on Myanmar’s news industry

Doh Athan

Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

Doh Athan

Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

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.

News Feed, News

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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Unpaid power bills put junta finances on the line

Unpaid power bills put junta finances on the line

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