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Myanmar facing economic calamity from coup and COVID: World Bank

The World Bank has warned in a new report that Myanmar faces severe economic losses and a doubling of poverty as a result of the combined impact of the coup and COVID-19, with the military regime unable to govern effectively.

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Myanmar facing economic calamity from coup and COVID: World Bank

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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.

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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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Northern Rakhine villagers tell reporters of abuses during military crackdown

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BY Oliver Slow

Affairs, Culture

The next level for Myanmar's game makers

Game developers in Myanmar are filling a gap for locally targeted mobile-based applications that take advantage of growing internet access and improving data speeds.

BY Sing Lee

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Phyo Min Thein apologises to military chief

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BY Nyan Hlaing Lynn

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The next level for Myanmar’s game makers

Game developers in Myanmar are filling a gap for locally targeted mobile-based applications that take advantage of growing internet access and improving data speeds.

BY Sing Lee

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Is media freedom under threat?

A series of high-profile cases against journalists and newspaper executives since 2011 have raised concern that media freedom remains almost as precarious as it was under junta rule.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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UNODC's Jeremy Douglas: ‘Myanmar really is the epicentre of the drug trade’

On June 26, the government commemorated the International Day Against Drug Abuse by burning illicit drugs with a street value of more than US$200 million at a lavish ceremony in Yangon. Despite these publicity stunts, drugs remain a major issue in Myanmar, with the country still the second-largest producer of opium in the world. Frontier’s Oliver Slow spoke to UNODC regional representative Mr Jeremy Douglas about the extent of illicit drug use in Myanmar, measures being taken to improve treatment for users and the agency’s programmes aimed at combatting transnational crime.

BY Oliver Slow

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Daw Suu offers sympathies over killing of Hindu pilgrims

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Jade exports earn $23m in Q1, show ministry figures

An emporium in March has significantly boosted official jade revenues, state media has reported.

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UNODC’s Jeremy Douglas: ‘Myanmar really is the epicentre of the drug trade’

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime regional representative on Myanmar's commanding position in the regional drug trade, effective treatment for addiction, and changes in the methamphetamine market.

BY Oliver Slow

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The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

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

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A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

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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

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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

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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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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