The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.
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Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.
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An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.
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A big challenge facing the FPNCC is that its participation in the peace process will require a change of mind by the government and the Tatmadaw.
BY Joe Kumbun
A big challenge facing the FPNCC is that its participation in the peace process will require a change of mind by the government and the Tatmadaw.
BY Joe Kumbun
An inadequate response from the authorities to the violence last October contributed to a situation that enabled the ARSA to recruit more supporters for the attacks last month.
A small town on the outskirts of Mandalay is renowned for the quality of its marble statues, many of which are exported to China.
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ရင်းနှီးမြှုပ်နှံထားသော ငွေများအတွက် အကျိုးအမြတ် အများအပြားရမည်ဟူကာ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကျေးလက်ဒေသတွင် ဖြစ်ပွားခဲ့သည့် လိမ်လည်မှုအစီအစဉ်(Ponzi Scheme)တစ်ခုတွင် လူထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာမှာ ၎င်းတို့ပိုင် ငွေသန်းပေါင်းများစွာ ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့ရသည်။
BY Hein Ko Soe
At best, the government's narrative of the shocking violence in Rakhine has been put in serious jeopardy. At worst...
Frontier joined the government’s latest media trip to Maungdaw, and developments there placed further scrutiny on the government’s official version of events.
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