The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.
BY Frontier
The regime’s decision to set an import quota on palm oil has sent edible oil prices skyrocketing, and with domestic production yet to fill the gap, impoverished families have been left with little choice but to cut back.
BY Frontier
Unwilling to accept military rule, many in Kachin are looking to the Kachin Independence Organization to fill a void in governance. As the KIO strengthens its influence, it is facing mounting pressure to regulate environmentally destructive gold mining.
The Karen Border Guard Force is providing the military with frontline soldiers in exchange for business protection, allowing its “new city” project to emerge as a hub for online scams.
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The nationalist monks have opened a Yangon school that teaches students how to become ‘decent citizens’ who protect Myanmar’s majority race and Buddhist religion.
BY Myanmar Now
An embezzlement probe has been launched after nearly $100 million vanished from a fund set up by Myanmar's gem companies, raising corruption fears.
BY AFP
Frontier speaks to U Kyaw Hla Aung, a renowned Rohingya leader, former lawyer and political prisoner.
BY Paul Vrieze
Why has Suu Kyi continued to back US sanctions against Myanmar?
The United States has lifted some sanctions against Myanmar while keeping many more in place, but analysts argue they are impeding the economy’s growth.
BY Sean Gleeson
Men who want to be women are increasingly in the news in Myanmar but they face many challenges and a formidable legal barrier.
BY Thi Ri Han
Shooting animals is a mark of manliness in Chin State, but with wildlife populations dangerously depleted, attitudes are changing.
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The expressway linking Yangon and Mandalay via Nay Pyi Taw is known as Death Highway for good reason. Here’s some advice for drivers who don’t want to become a traffic accident statistic.
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