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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News, Features

The NUG’s Rohingya policy: ‘Campaign statement’ or genuine reform?

The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.

BY Frontier

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‘A threat to the revolution’: Pyusawhti returns to post-coup Myanmar

A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.

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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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Troop deployments ramped up in northern Rakhine

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BY AFP

Affairs, Features

‘It was too good to be true’: SCL Myanmar scam defrauds thousands

Lured by the prospect of high returns on investment, thousands have collectively lost millions of dollars in a Ponzi scheme that flourished in rural Myanmar.

BY Hein Ko Soe

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New York Times chides Daw Suu over ‘repressive measures’ against media

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Tatmadaw meets ANP ahead of hluttaw debate

Leaders of the Arakan National Party held talks with Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday ahead of a key debate in the Amyotha Hluttaw.

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Editorial, Opinion

The unnatural order of things

Does Myanmar want an authoritarian state with a few democratic accoutrements? Or does it want a society in which the powerful can genuinely be held to account?

BY Frontier & Frontier

Affairs

China's military reform and Myanmar’s security dynamic

Far-reaching reform of the People’s Liberation Army initiated by President Xi Jinping has significant implications for defence policy and the quest for peace in Myanmar.

BY Amara Thiha

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Returning Rakhine villagers call for more security

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BY Hein Ko Soe

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450,000 illegal Myanmar workers in Thailand meet registration deadline

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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တောင့်တင်းလုံလောက်သည့် လုံခြုံရေးစီမံပေးရန် မောင်တောရှိ ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများ တောင်းဆို

တောင့်တင်းလုံလောက်သည့် လုံခြုံရေးရှိမှသာ မိမိတို့ နေရပ်တွင် အစဉ်အမြဲပြန်လည်နေထိုင်ရန် ဖြစ်နိုင်မည်ဟု လွန်ခဲ့သည့် ရက်သတ္တပတ်အတွင်း မေယုတောင်တန်းအနီးတဝိုက် ရခိုင်ရွာများမှ ရသေ့တောင်မြို့နယ်၊ စေတီပြင်ရွာသို့ ထွက်ပြေးတိမ်းရှောင်လာခဲ့ကြသူ ရခိုင်တိုင်းရင်းသားများက ပြောကြားကြသည်။

BY Hein Ko Soe

Opinion

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The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

Opinion

The NUG must commit to human rights for all Myanmar’s people

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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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