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Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

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.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Too little, too late: Thailand belatedly tightens border security after outbreak

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

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

We're not betting on a print revival to ensure Frontier’s survival, but we believe print still has an important place in the media landscape.

BY Frontier

Tanintharyi Region’s boring election

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The Dawei Chaung dump in Yangon's North Dagon Township is seen on December 15, 2020. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

Plastic and the pandemic

The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

A Myanmar migrant worker handles barrels of cotton in a textile factory in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. (AFP)

Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

Votes for the boys: How soldiers delivered USDP victories in ethnic states

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Suu Kyi explains presidential picks to NLD MPs

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BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Features, Culture

A very Myanmar double feature

A recent double feature at the Thamada Cinema offered a rather unusual take on political satire and the story of the nation’s first plane hijacking.

BY Feliz Solomon

News Feed

ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီးဟောင်း ဦးမြင့်ဆွေအား ဒုတိယသမ္မတအဖြစ် တပ်မတော်က ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်

BY Soe Than Lynn

News Feed

ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီက ပါတီ၏ စီအီးစီအဖွဲ့ဝင် ခြောက်ဦးအား ခုံရုံးဖွဲ့ စစ်ဆေးအရေးယူရန် စီစဉ်နေ

အင်န်အယ်လ်ဒီက ကမ်းလှမ်းပါက ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ဟု ပြောကြားခဲ့သည့် စီအီစီအဖွဲ့ဝင် ခြောက်ဦးအား ပါတီစည်းကမ်းများဖြင့် ခုံရုံးဖွဲ့အရေးယူမည်ဟု ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီက ပြောကြားခဲ့သည်

BY Soe Than Lynn

Features

Art history: Myanmar as South Asia

The participation of Myanmar artists in an exhibition of South Asian works at the recent Dhaka Art Summit raises questions about the regional ‘ownership’ of art.

BY Nathalie Johnston

News, Affairs

A Rakhine for Rakhine or the Tatmadaw’s man?

The people of Rakhine State want one of their own to become its next chief minister but they might be disappointed by the National League for Democracy.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Regarding the pain of others

It's easy for long-term foreign residents of Myanmar to scorn western tourists for their ignorance of local matters. That doesn't give us a free pass.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, Breaking News, News, Affairs

U Htin Kyaw: Myanmar, meet your new president

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BY Frontier, Mratt Kyaw Thu & Sean Gleeson

News, Affairs

A Rakhine for Rakhine or the Tatmadaw's man?

The people of Rakhine State want one of their own to become its next chief minister but they might be disappointed by the National League for Democracy.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Opinion

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with a rare opportunity to heal

News Feed, 2020 Election, Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Fresh vote unlikely soon in Rakhine, but Japan’s Sasakawa deserves praise

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

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Volume 6, Issue 17

January 12, 2021

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Why we’re back in print

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The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Myanmar has not executed a convict for decades, though they continue to be put on death row. While some call for capital punishment to be scrapped, others are demanding it for child rapists.

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