The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.
BY Frontier
The teak trees of the Bago Yoma mountain range have long been a target for illegal logging, but the practice has intensified amid the post-coup chaos, with the involvement of both junta and resistance forces.
BY Frontier
The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
BY Frontier
Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
BY Frontier
Consider being a Frontier Member.
Support independent journalism in Myanmar. Become a Frontier member today
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY Ben Dunant
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY Kyaw Ye Lynn
Support more independent journalism like this.
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY AFP
Some say Facebook has overreached, but it's debateable whether rights to expression and information are being violated.
ဆွာချောင်းရေလှောင်တမံ၏ ရေပိုလွှဲ ယနေ့နံနက်ပိုင်းက ပဲ့ကျမှုကြောင့် ရေများလျှံထွက်ပြီး ပတ်ဝန်းကျင်ရှိ ရန်ကုန်-မန္တလေးအမြန်လမ်း နှင့် ဆွာမြို့အပါအဝင် ကျေးရွာများတွင် ရေကြီးမှုများ ဖြစ်ပေါ်နေကြောင်း သက်ဆိုင်ရာက သတင်းထုတ်ပြန်သည်။
BY Frontier
The Myanmar government rejected on Wednesday the findings of a UN probe alleging genocide by its military against the Rohingya.
BY AFP
At the moment that the United Nations Fact-finding Mission was delivering its damning verdict to the UN Human Rights Council on August 27, a punishment of sorts was simultaneously handed down… by Facebook.
Support more independent journalism like this.
Doh Athan
Doh Athan
Latest Issue
Stories in this issue
Become a Frontier Member
Support our independent journalism and get exclusive behind-the-scenes content and analysis
Get exclusive daily updates
Stay on top of Myanmar current affairs with our Daily Briefing and Media Monitor newsletters.
Join the community
Sign up for our Frontier Fridays newsletter. It’s a free weekly round-up featuring the most important events shaping Myanmar