For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
For the 11th installment in our series on wild swimming spots, our intrepid reporter – locked down by the COVID-19 pandemic – explores some possibilities closer to home.
While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.
BY Kirt A. Page
Though soldiers cast ballots outside their bases for the first time in the November election, the military vote enabled the Union Solidarity and Development Party to clinch rare victories in borderland constituencies.
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President U Htin Kyaw broke down in tears on the weekend while recalling his father’s contributions to Myanmar’s literary canon.
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The 47-year-old British victim, named as Peter Gary Ferguson, was found dead on Sunday with wounds to his head and chest.
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Mr Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, speaks to Frontier following his tour of Kachin and Rakhine states.
BY Oliver Slow
Ending tension in Rakhine State was always going to be a big challenge for Aung San Suu Kyi and the recent attacks have complicated her efforts to resolve a deep and complex situation.
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BY Hein Ko Soe
A foreign journalist at the Myanmar Times was dismissed after the Ministry of Information complained about her coverage of alleged human rights abuses in Rakhine State.
BY Sean Gleeson
Of the 18 by-elections due to be held throughout the country on April 1, seven will take place in Shan State and are likely to be the focus of a fierce contest among three parties.
BY Hein Ko Soe
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