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Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

When the Myanmar military reopened the nation’s schools in November, millions of students found themselves forced to choose between maintaining the boycott of state services and losing even more of their education.

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Education, News

Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

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Science

COVID cover up: third wave death toll may be in hundreds of thousands

Six months ago, Myanmar endured a catastrophe as its health system was overwhelmed with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. A Frontier investigation finds that the true death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands, as most were never counted.

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News, Business, Features

Desperate job seekers an easy target for scammers

With Myanmar’s economy in turmoil and unemployment on the rise, thousands are trying to find work abroad but are having to navigate border closures and unscrupulous brokers.

BY Frontier

Highlights

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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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Ma Ba Tha leaders mock Sangha committee ban

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

News Feed

မဟန၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်များကို မဘသ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် တုံ့ပြန်

အမျိုးဘာသာ၊ သာသနာစောင့်ရှောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့ (မဘသ) ကို ဖျက်သိမ်းရမည့် ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက် အပါအဝင် နိုင်ငံတော်သံဃမဟာနာယက (မဟန) ၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်များကို မဘသအဖွဲ့က ၎င်းတို့၏ လေးနှစ်မြောက်တွေ့ဆုံပွဲတွင် ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် တုံ့ပြန်ရှုံ့ချလိုက်သည်။

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Affairs, Interview

ICRC chief: 'Granting access is in the interests of the government and armed forces'

The International Committee of the Red Cross works to provide relief to people within conflict zones. During a recent visit to tour ICRC projects and meet Myanmar officials, committee president Peter Maurer sat down for an interview with Frontier’s Jared Downing and reporters from several other outlets.

BY Jared Downing

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Disaster resilience innovations, policy on agenda at aid and development summit

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BY Frontier & Frontier

Opinion

Tackling the media's overlooked gender bias

News organisations in Myanmar continue to ignore women’s voices in their reporting – something that only perpetuates exclusion from the public sphere.

BY Fiona MacGregor

Opinion

Tackling the media’s overlooked gender bias

News organisations in Myanmar continue to ignore women’s voices in their reporting – something that only perpetuates exclusion from the public sphere.

BY Fiona MacGregor

Affairs, Interview, Features

ICRC chief: ‘Granting access is in the interests of the government and armed forces’

Frontier talks humanitarian access with Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

BY Jared Downing

Editorial, Opinion

When all you have is a hammer…

The application of unjust laws against the provocative activities of nationalist activists undermines the case against them.

BY Frontier

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Myanmar to deport Turkish family amid crackdown fears

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BY AFP & Frontier

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

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Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

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Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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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