The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
BY Frontier
The junta says the population count will help prepare for an election but it’s more likely meant to flush out dissidents, in an exercise that is destined to flop.
BY Frontier
As fighting spreads to southern Rakhine, thousands have fled for neighbouring Ayeyarwady, where they’ve had a frosty reception as the junta tightens security in one of its few remaining stable strongholds.
BY Frontier
Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues.
BY Frontier
Consider being a Frontier Member.
Support independent journalism in Myanmar. Become a Frontier member today
A Rohingya delegation will visit Myanmar on Friday as part of efforts to revive a long-stalled plan to return the stateless minority to their homeland, refugees and Bangladeshi officials said.
BY AFP
Ahead of the ongoing Karen National Union congress, civil society groups demanded the resignation of the central executive committee over an alleged criminal enterprise, while new evidence also implicates the junta-aligned Kayin Border Guard Force.
BY Frontier
China's foreign minister met Myanmar's junta chief in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday, officials said, the highest-ranking Chinese official to meet the country's top general since a coup more than two years ago.
BY AFP
Despite rising financial pressures to supply weapons and provide public services in its territory, the KIO cancelled a major business deal in response to protests from local communities trying to protect their land and environment.
Thousands of customers have lost access to their accounts and others are facing arrest, as the regime puts Myanmar’s largest private bank in a stranglehold in order to block funding to the resistance.
BY Frontier
On Wednesday, 16 years and a secret journey out of Myanmar later, the camera of slain Japanese jounalist Kenji Nagai was handed back to his family, who hope the footage will hold clues to the final moments of his life.
BY AFP
Cross-border cargo companies are seeing a surge in business, which is also good news for the military regime collecting taxes and checkpoint bribes.
BY Frontier
Myanmar businesses have been setting up shop in Thailand since it decriminalised cannabis last year, while back in Myanmar, a pioneering dispensary has opened in an area controlled by the armed resistance.
BY Frontier
The raging conflict and the junta’s crackdown on civil society has made it more difficult for civilians in central Myanmar to access water, forcing them to undertake dangerous journeys or drink from unhealthy sources.
BY Frontier
Opinion
Doh Athan
Opinion
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
