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The ‘Tumi Revolution’: Protesters fight back in Sagaing Region

Sagaing Region residents equipped with single-shot traditional rifles known as “tumi guns” – and in some cases more modern weaponry – are resisting security forces’ attempts to crush anti-coup protests.

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The ‘Tumi Revolution’: Protesters fight back in Sagaing Region

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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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‘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.

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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

Opinion

Building a better Condominium Law

Lack of clarity on foreign ownership, land use and building management committees in the Condominium Law are holding back growth in the property market.

BY Duncan Burry

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Exorcist’ sentenced to death for Twante child murders

A self-proclaimed sorcerer was sentenced to death by a Yangon court on Tuesday for killing three children in an exorcism ritual he believed would banish evil spirits.

BY AFP

Affairs, Interview, Business

Puma Energy chief: 'Competition will help to improve standards and pricing'

One of your businesses, Puma Energy Asia Sun, recently became the first foreign investor to get permission from the Myanmar Investment Commission to import, distribute and sell fuel, breaking a monopoly held by local companies. As a policy decision from the government, how significant was that?

BY Thomas Kean

Affairs, Features

Myanmar 101: Burma in World War II

A timeline of the Japanese invasion, British defeat, Allied reoccupation and political turmoil that would set the stage for an independent Burma.

BY Jared Downing

Affairs, Interview, Business, Features

Puma Energy chief: ‘Competition will help to improve standards and pricing’

Puma Energy country manager David Holden on the domestic petroleum products market.

BY Thomas Kean

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The challenge of forging a new Tatmadaw

One of the greatest challenges of the peace process will be to decide what kind of Tatmadaw will be most compatible with the people’s aspirations for a future democratic federal Union.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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UN special rapporteur condemns detention of children in Rakhine

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BY Frontier & Frontier

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Frontier recognised at region’s leading media awards

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How the CDM can win

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

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Podcast: Displaced again

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Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

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Podcast: Death in detention

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Podcast: Rescue workers targeted

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Podcast: Displaced again

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Video: Myanmar Youth Speak Out

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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