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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

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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

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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.

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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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Gambira charged on alleged immigration offences after 6 weeks in detention

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On Letpadan anniversary, rights groups urge end to 'relentless crackdown'

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BY Oliver Slow

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ကျောင်းသားများကို အကြမ်းဖက်မှု ရပ်တန့်ရန် လက်ပံတန်းအရေးအခင်း တစ်နှစ်ပြည့်တွင် တိုက်တွန်း

အမျိုးသားပညာရေးဥပဒေကို ကန့်ကွက်ဆန္ဒပြကြသော ကျောင်းသားများအား လက်ပံတန်းမြို့တွင် ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့က အင်အားသုံး အကြမ်းဖက် နှိမ်နှင်းဖမ်းဆီးအရေးယူခဲ့မှု တစ်နှစ်ပြည့်မြောက်ခဲ့သည့် ယနေ့တွင် လူ့အခွင့်အရေးအုပ်စုများက မြန်မာအစိုးရကို တိုက်တွန်းခဲ့သည်

BY Oliver Slow

News Feed, News

On Letpadan anniversary, rights groups urge end to ‘relentless crackdown’

A year to the day since protestors were arrested in a heavy police crackdown at Letpadan, Bago Region, rights groups have urged the government to end its persecution of student activists.

BY Oliver Slow

Travel, Features, Culture

Journeys of remembrance: World War II tourism in Myanmar

As the tourism industry continues to grow, some companies are offering tours tailored for visitors with a special and often deeply personal interest in the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.

BY Oliver Slow

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NLD mulling Myitsone Dam 'redesign', says advisor

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BY AFP

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NLD mulling Myitsone Dam ‘redesign’, says advisor

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's incoming government is considering a redesign of a controversial Chinese-backed dam in Myanmar, says Hantha Myint.

BY AFP

Infographics, Affairs, Features

Tycoons 101

A quick guide to some of the tycoons whose companies have dominant roles in key sectors of Myanmar's economy.

BY Jared Downing

Photo Essays, Features

The forgotten refugees of Kokang

Nearly 30,000 displaced Kokang who have languished in camps in China for more than a year are in dire need of more support as they wait to return home.

BY Ann Wang

Opinion

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

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

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

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Myanmar enters 2021 with a rare opportunity to heal

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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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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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