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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

Uncategorized, News

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.

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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

Bizfeed, Business

Japan planning $885m aid offer to next govt

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BY Frontier & Sean Gleeson

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Illegal logging on decline in Kachin: watchdog

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BY Frontier & Sean Gleeson

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Presidential vote next week, says Hluttaw office

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BY Soe Than Lynn & Sean Gleeson

News Feed

သမ္မတနှင့် ဒုသမ္မတများ ရွေးချယ် အတည်ပြုမှု မတ် ၁၄ ရက်ထက် မစောနိုင်

အဖွဲ့သုံးဖွဲ့က ရွေးချယ်ထားသူ သုံးဦးကို သမ္မတနှင့် ဒုတိယသမ္မတများ အရည်အချင်း စိစစ်ရေးအဖွဲ့က မတ်လ ၁၁ ရက်နေ့တွင် စိစစ်ကြမည်ဖြစ်သည်

BY Soe Than Lynn & Frontier

Opinion

A matter of priorities

If a commitment to realise the will of the electorate was more important than haggling over a title, Myanmar would not be sitting on a constitutional crisis.

BY Khin Zaw Win

Culture

The flowering of Myanmar's fashion industry

The opening of the country has been a boon for the fashion industry, paving the way for special events featuring some of the country’s best-known designers.

BY Noe Noe Aung

News Feed

နေပြည်တော်တွင် တပ်မတော် တိုက်လေယာဉ်တစ်စီး မတော်တဆမှု ဖြစ်ပွား

တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေး ဦးစီးချုပ်ရုံး၏ ဖေ့ဘုတ်စာမျက်နှာတွင် တင်ထားသော ဓာတ်ပုံအရ အဆိုပါ လေယာဉ်မှာ တရုတ်နိုင်ငံထုတ် အင်ဂျင်တစ်လုံးတပ် J-7 တိုက်လေယာဉ်ဖြစ်သည်

BY Frontier

Culture

The flowering of Myanmar’s fashion industry

The opening of the country has been a boon for the fashion industry, paving the way for special events featuring some of the country’s best-known designers.

BY Noe Noe Aung

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

The path to a smooth transition

Achieving a smooth transition will require both the NLD and the Tatmadaw to act strictly according to the provisions of the controversial 2008 Constitution.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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

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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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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