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
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
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
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.
BY Frontier
Consider being a Frontier Member.
Support independent journalism in Myanmar. Become a Frontier member today
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY Htun Khaing
Frontier speaks to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar about her call for a commission of inquiry into alleged abuses in Rakhine State.
BY Thomas Kean
Myanmar will again be the subject of a European Union-sponsored resolution at the Human Rights Council, but some are calling for an international investigation into alleged abuses in Rakhine State.
BY Thomas Kean
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY Htun Khaing
If the February 25 press conference at the Drug Elimination Museum was designed to put an end to the mystery of who killed U Ko Ni, then it failed miserably.
BY Frontier
If the February 25 press conference at the Drug Elimination Museum was designed to put an end to the mystery of who killed U Ko Ni, then it failed miserably.
BY Frontier
Support more independent journalism like this.
BY AFP
State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made a poignant journey to Panglong last month to advance the cause of peace and national reconciliation, in the spirit of an agreement signed there by her father 70 years earlier.
Fears over the growing Tatmadaw presence have some residents preparing to flee Laiza at short notice, but otherwise life goes on much as normal in the KIO headquarters.
Opinion
Doh Athan
Doh Athan
Latest Issue
- January 27, 2021
Stories in this issue
BE A FRONTIER MEMBER
Stay on top of Myanmar current affairs with our Daily Briefing and Media Monitor newsletters
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PRINT + DIGITAL MAGAZINE
Our fortnightly magazine is available in print, digital, or a combination beginning at $80 a year
Join the community
Sign up for our Frontier Fridays newsletter. It’s a free weekly round-up featuring the most important events shaping Myanmar
