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‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.

BY Frontier

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‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

As the military brazenly guns down its own citizens in ever-larger numbers, activists are finding new ways to resist.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News, Opinion

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

The military’s media bans, mass arrests and newsroom raids may have left newsstands barren, but professional and citizen journalists will continue recording the regime’s crimes.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News Feed, News, Features

‘Any news from the internet?’: Fear and rumour in villages forced offline

With most internet access cut, one Frontier reporter struggles to keep their Ayeyarwady Region village informed while dictating stories to editors in Yangon by phone.

BY Frontier

Highlights

News Feed, News

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

Features, Culture

Turning the page with a new generation of children’s books

Two altruistic organisations are creating and publishing books for children that carry messages aimed at fostering diversity, tolerance and peace.

BY Sing Lee

Interview, Features

Rotavirus expert: ‘It’s something that affects every child’

Dr Mathuram Santosham of John Hopkins University speaks to Frontier about combatting rotavirus in Myanmar.

BY Oliver Slow

News Feed, News

Yangon man faces jail for speaking about child soldier past

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BY AFP

Business, Opinion

How to list a company on the YSX

It is expected that foreign investors will likely be allowed to partake in Myanmar’s first bourse by the end of this year. Here is a helpful guide to getting your company listed.

BY Ross Taylor

Business, Features

Pedal power recipe for business success

Food delivery services using staff on bicycles are proving popular in Yangon, partly because they offer convenience for customers keen to avoid the city’s worsening traffic congestion.

BY Sing Lee

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The peculiar priorities of the Myanmar Police Force

The Myanmar Police Force seems to have been devoting more time and effort to hunting down journalists than suppressing crime and maintaining law and order.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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အတားအဆီးတွေကို ကျော်လွန်ပြောင်းလဲခြင်း

မျိုးဆက်ပေါင်းများစွာ သူတို့ကို ဒုတိယတန်းနေရာပဲပေးပြီး ခွဲခြားဆက်ဆံမှုကို ခံကြရတဲ့ အတားအဆီးတွေကို ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ ကျောက်ဖြူမြို့နယ်က အမျိုးသမီးတွေက ထိုးဖောက်ကျော်လွန်နိုင်ခဲ့ကြပြီ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။

BY Jennifer Macintyre

Affairs

SCL scam's victims: Where trust was broken

Residents of a small village in Mon State were victims of a scam that went nationwide. One man involved in the scheme is showing a distinct lack of remorse.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Affairs, Features

SCL scam’s victims: Where trust was broken

Residents of a small village in Mon State were victims of a scam that went nationwide. One man involved in the scheme is showing a distinct lack of remorse.

BY Hein Ko Soe

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

Doh Athan

Podcast: Children caught in conflict (English)

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

Doh Athan

Podcast: Children caught in conflict (English)

Doh Athan

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

Stories in this issue

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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‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

‘We will never kneel down’: Protesters change tactics in face of rising death toll

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