With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
With the Tatmadaw chief reaching retirement age this year, some speculate that a fresh face could achieve a détente with the NLD – but the appointment process itself could hold the key to better civil-military relations.
Informal migration from Myanmar is being blamed for the recent resurgence of COVID-19 that has left Thailand in lockdown and prompted Thai authorities to step up security along the 2,400-kilometre frontier.
BY Lawi Weng
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Expectations are high that the incoming NLD government will reform the prison system that has scarred the lives of hundreds of its members, many of whom are now MPs.
BY Htun Khaing
U Henry Van Thio, 58, was nominated last week as the Amyotha Hluttaw’s candidate for the vice-presidency. The National League for Democracy member was elected in November to Chin State-3 constituency in what is also known as the House of Nationalities. Almost completely unknown, even among politicians in his home state, the ethnic Chin Christian lawmaker was an army officer and employee of the Ministry of Industry before joining the NLD. He spoke to Frontier’s Mratt Kyaw Thu in Nay Pyi Taw on March 10.
The fighting in northern Shan State has highlighted the ominous rift between the armed groups that signed last October’s national ceasefire accord and those that did not.
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BY Sean Gleeson
The spread of smartphones has fostered illegal gambling by enabling tech-savvy bookies to place their customers’ bets via social media websites.
BY Htun Khaing
Gender equality activists have launched what’s believed to be the first self-defence training course in Yangon for women.
၂၀၁၂ခုနှစ်၊ ဇွန်လတွင် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံအစိုးရက ကုလသမဂ္ဂနှင့်အတူ ပူးတွဲလုပ်ငန်းဆောင်ရွက်မှု စီမံချက်ကို သဘောတူလက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးပြီးသည့်အချိန်မှ ယနေ့အထိ ကလေးသူငယ် ၇၄၅ ဦးကို တပ်မတော်က နှုတ်ထွက်ခွင့်ပြုခဲ့ပြီးဖြစ်သည်
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The passing of a new financial institutions law in January has raised hopes of a brighter future for the nation’s banks but there are challenging times ahead.
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