For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
Highlights
Consider being a Frontier Member.
Support independent journalism in Myanmar. Become a Frontier member today
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY AFP
An outsider’s guide to basic Myanmar’s women’s attire.
An expedition planned by three Myanmar climbers is aimed at ending years of speculation over which of two peaks is the highest mountain in Southeast Asia.
BY Htun Khaing
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY AFP
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY AFP
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY AFP
ရဲစခန်းလည်းရှိတဲ့ ရဲဘော်ကျရွာမှာဖြစ်ခဲ့တဲ့အကြမ်းဖက်မှုကြီးကို ဘာကြောင့် မတားဆီးနိုင်ခဲ့ရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ရှာဖွေမှုတွေ ဘာကြောင့်နောက်ကျခဲ့ရသလဲဆိုတာနဲ့ ပတ်သက်ပြီး တိကျတဲ့ အဖြေမရသေးပါဘူး။
BY Frontier
Casinos at Myawaddy operated by the Kayin State Border Guard Force to raise funds for development projects have sparked debate about whether such gambling venues should be legalised in Myanmar.
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY Sean Gleeson
Opinion
Doh Athan
Doh Athan
Latest Issue
- January 12, 2021
Stories in this issue
BE A FRONTIER MEMBER
Stay on top of Myanmar current affairs with our Daily Briefing and Media Monitor newsletters
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PRINT + DIGITAL MAGAZINE
Our fortnightly magazine is available in print, digital, or a combination beginning at $80 a year
Join the community
Sign up for our Frontier Fridays newsletter. It’s a free weekly round-up featuring the most important events shaping Myanmar
