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‘Loyalty and experience’: the NLD’s election line-up

The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.

‘Loyalty and experience’: the NLD’s election line-up

The eagerly-awaited release of the National League for Democracy’s candidates’ list contained few surprises, but as in 2015 there’s been controversy over who was nominated or rejected.

KNU heavyweight prepares for election battle

Lifelong revolutionary Padoh Mahn Nyein Maung speaks to Frontier’s Naw Betty Han about his decision to resign as a senior Karen National Union leader in order to make a run for parliament.

Dubious legends

A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.

By Myint Myat Thu

Some 65,000 displaced in Myanmar's Rakhine, Chin states since January: UN expert

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Some 65,000 displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine, Chin states since January: UN expert

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced across Rakhine and Chin states this year, as the military battles the Arakan Army, a UN rights expert said Monday.

600,000 Rohingya still in Myanmar at 'serious risk of genocide': UN

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600,000 Rohingya still in Myanmar at ‘serious risk of genocide’: UN

Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar still face a serious risk of genocide, UN investigators said Monday.

Meet Mawlaik’s ‘colonial relic’

In a town on the Chindwin River lives an octogenarian who enjoys conversation with visitors and has some grim memories from World War II.

‘It’s a pioneer project’: Frontier designs Myanmar’s first media membership programme

When Frontier Myanmar’s co-founder and CEO U Sonny Swe first heard the word “memberships” at a publishing conference two years ago, he didn’t pay much attention.

A champion of democracy returns to his motherland

Nearly 30 years after becoming head of a government-in-exile formed at a jungle base on the border with Thailand, Dr Sein Win has returned to Myanmar.

Out of the comfort zone

In conversation with Frontier publisher and chief executive officer U Sonny Swe.

The border post at Htee Khee: high hopes and jungle casinos

The Dawei Special Economic Zone has fuelled high hopes for a development boom at the Tanintharyi Region border post of Htee Khee, but the main business in the area is casinos at nearby jungle resorts.

By Kyaw Lin Htoon

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Volume 6, Issue 7

August 11, 2020

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Shan farmer’s killing leaves villagers burning with anger

After the Tatmadaw gunned down a farmer, more than 10,000 people marched in protest.

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Democracy without the dividend

It’s taking over newspaper columns, Facebook feeds and teashop chatter: Myanmar’s November 8 election has quite clearly replaced the COVID-19 pandemic as the national obsession.

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