Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.
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Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.
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The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.
BY Esther Wah
Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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New research and anecdotal reports suggest that some owners are refusing to rent or sell to Muslims, Chinese and other minority groups.
BY Su Myat Mon
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BY Oliver Slow
In a competitive global environment, investment in Myanmar real estate has lagged because of uncertain returns and the inability of foreign developers and potential local partners to agree on land values.
The sprawling Arlein Nga Sint monastery in northern Yangon’s Insein Township is home to the old, mysterious and bizarre.
Is the attraction of living in a colonial apartment worth the sometimes exorbitant cost?
BY Stuart Deed
A widespread belief in spirits and the supernatural in Myanmar is keeping members of a sect busy bringing comfort to the possessed without causing physical pain.
BY Htun Khaing
There’s only one road to the capital of the remote Naga Self-Administered Zone, where transport costs impose a heavy burden on residents of one of the country’s poorest and least-developed areas.
BY Nan Tin Htwe
Frontier speaks again to Andy Hall, the founder of the Migrant Worker Rights Network until recently working with migrant workers in Thailand.
BY Oliver Slow
As the market cools for condominiums, office space and hotel rooms, industrial land is shaping up as the next big thing – but for foreign buyers it’s a complex market that needs to be treated with caution.
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