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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

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

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အယ်လ်နီညိုနဲ့ စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ ဖူလုံရေး

အယ်လ်နီညိုကြောင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည် အခြားနိုင်ငံများနည်းတူ ယခုနှစ်၊ ပထမ ခြောက်လအတွင်း ပူပြင်းခြောက်သွေ့ခြင်း၊ မိုးခေါင်ခြင်းတို့ကြောင့် သီးနှံအထွက် ဆုတ်ယုတ်ခြင်းနှင့် စားနပ်ရိက္ခာ ပြတ်လပ်ခြင်းများ ကြုံတွေ့ရဖွယ် ရှိနေသည်

BY Soe Than Lynn & Frontier

Affairs, Features

Yangon healers peddle ‘miracle’ cancer cure

A mysterious powder made by spiritual healers in Yangon is claimed to be effective against serious illnesses but there is no evidence it is anything more than a placebo.

BY Joshua Carroll

Affairs

Yangon healers peddle 'miracle' cancer cure

A mysterious powder made by spiritual healers in Yangon is claimed to be effective against serious illnesses but there is no evidence it is anything more than a placebo.

BY Joshua Carroll

News Feed, News

Suu Kyi presidency hopes fade as vote brought forward

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BY AFP

Infographics, Features

Myanmar Geography 101

A rough guide to Myanmar's geography, from the temperate Kachin hills to the rainforests and coral reefs of Tanintharyi.

BY Jared Downing

Affairs, Interview, Features

Aung Naing Oo, the patient peace advocate

Former anti-government rebel Aung Naing Oo has been playing a key role in helping to end years of armed conflict through his work with the Myanmar Peace Center.

BY Oliver Slow

News, Affairs

Opening up the airwaves

Myanmar journalists are pushing for changes to the country's controversial Broadcasting Law, derisively called a Ministry of Information “wish list”.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

News Feed

လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မှ အကြိမ်ရေများစွာ ဖြတ်သန်း သယ်ယူသွား

အဆိုပါ လက်နက်ခဲယမ်း ပစ္စည်း အမြောက်အများအား ရန်ကုန်မြို့သို့ သယ်ယူလာနိုင်သဖြင့် ရန်ကုန်မြို့၏ လုံခြုံရေးအတွက် မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ ဖြစ်နေသည်

BY Frontier

News Feed

အမျိုးသမီးတွေ ကိုယ့်ကိုကိုယ် ကာကွယ်နိုင်ဖို့ ကိုယ်လုံပညာသင်တန်း ဖွင့်လှစ်ထား

BY Frontier & Thi Ri Han

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

Doh Athan

Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

Doh Athan

Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

Doh Athan

Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

Doh Athan

Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

Doh Athan

Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

Doh Athan

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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