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Bearing witness: The volunteers bringing news from the front line

In Sagaing Region, local people linked to resistance groups risk death to document the conflict, providing media outlets with a vital – if inevitably partisan – source of information from the ground.

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Bearing witness: The volunteers bringing news from the front line

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ASEAN is frustrated by the junta, but how far is it willing to go?

The Southeast Asian bloc is considering stronger measures against the Myanmar military but a range of factors may preserve the unproductive status quo.

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The gentle giants in service of the revolution

In the aftermath of the coup, many elephants were abandoned when their civil servant handlers went on strike. But in one of Myanmar's largest national parks, the revolution is also a reunion.

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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

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ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲရေး ရည်မှန်းချက်ကို ပြည့်မီစေမည့် အိမ်ခြံမြေခွန်

အိမ်ရှင်အိမ်ငှားများထံမှ စည်ပင်သာယာက ကောက်ခံသော အခွန်များမှာ စည်းကြပ်ပုံစနစ်ပိုင်း ခိုင်မာပြီး ဖြောင့်မတ်စွာ စီမံခန့်ခွဲမှုရှိသော်လည်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ယင်းတို့၏ အခန်းကဏ္ဍမှာ မြင့်မားသင့်သလောက် မြင့်မားမှု မရှိသည်ကိုတွေ့ရသည်။

BY Lachlan McDonald

News, Affairs, Features

Student activists slam govt over ‘ugly’ crackdown

The dismissal of 56 students for demonstrating in support of increased education spending has sparked a threat of protests at campuses throughout the country and contributed to rising tensions with the government.

BY Htun Khaing

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Parliament backs government on response to Rakhine crisis

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Myanmar, Bangladesh to verify 'zero line' refugees, says MOFA official

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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Lashio bank blast kills two, injures 22

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BY AFP

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Myanmar, Bangladesh to verify ‘zero line’ refugees, says MOFA official

The verification of refugees stranded in the 'no man's land' buffer zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh will be carried out by the two countries with no other involvement.

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Tanintharyi locals say national park conservation plan threatening livelihoods

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BY Su Myat Mon

News

Episode 18: The growing toll on Myanmar’s elderly

In this week's episode of Doh Athan, an investigation into the plight of Myanmar's elderly citizens.

BY Win Zar Ni Aung & Htet Htet Naing

Photo Essays, Features, Culture

Financial support needed for Myanmar’s young athletes

Young men and women with the potential to shine at sport are spurning opportunities to train for national teams and represent Myanmar abroad because of the meagre salaries on offer.

BY Htun Khaing

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

The junta’s sexual assault victims will not be silent

Editorial, Opinion

An illegitimate junta can’t fix Myanmar’s broken economy

Opinion

‘Important time’: Frontier appoints new editor-in-chief

Opinion

Frontier calls for release of detained columnist

Doh Athan

Sagaing and Magway workers targeted

Doh Athan

‘I told him to be careful’: Death, displacement and despair in Kayin conflict

Doh Athan

Despite dangers, urban revolutionaries continue anti-coup protests

Doh Athan

Fear and terror in Magway

Doh Athan

Sagaing and Magway workers targeted

Doh Athan

‘I told him to be careful’: Death, displacement and despair in Kayin conflict

Doh Athan

Despite dangers, urban revolutionaries continue anti-coup protests

Doh Athan

Fear and terror in Magway

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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