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Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.

BY Pyae Sone Aung

News Feed, News

Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.

BY Pyae Sone Aung

Opinion

Peace is broken in the Karen hills. How will donors respond?

The Tatmadaw has resumed its old ways, killing civilians and destroying villages, despite the early promise of peace initiatives backed by Norway and other Western countries.

BY Charles Petrie & Ashley South

News

Air pollution: The other invisible menace

While COVID-19 gets all the attention, air pollution contributes to far more deaths each year in Myanmar and a recent joint study has helped shed light on the sources of this pollution in Yangon.

BY Kirt A. Page

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

Island hopping at Yangon Region's Ta Blu Hla Dam will ease your lockdown blues – but travel at your own risk. (Dominic Horner)

Wild Waters: Yangon Region

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

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Challenges abound for Suu Kyi and peace process

The leader of the National League for Democracy faces some daunting challenges when she takes charge of the peace process after her government assumes power on April 1.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

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Complaints prompt reduction of MP lodging fees in Nay Pyi Taw

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BY Soe Than Lynn

News

လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ နေထိုင်ရေး အဆင်ပြေစေရန် စီစဉ်

သူရဦးရွှေမန်းနှင့် ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်တို့ လာရောက်ပြီးနောက်တွင် တည်းခိုဆောင် အခန်းများထဲရှိ ကုတင်များမှ မွှေ့ယာအပါးများကို မွှေ့ယာအထူများဖြင့် လဲလှယ်ပေးခဲ့

BY Soe Than Lynn

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NLD issues apparent online rebuke over spokesman's loose lips

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BY Sean Gleeson

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Facebook post lands Patrick Khum Jaa Lee six month prison sentence

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BY Sean Gleeson & Oliver Slow

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Phil Blackwood among prisoners released in latest amnesty

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BY Sean Gleeson & Oliver Slow

Opinion

U Win Htein's pas de deux

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BY Frontier

News Feed, Breaking News, News

NLD issues apparent online rebuke over spokesman’s loose lips

The National League for Democracy has issued an official statement claiming that party leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the sole official spokesperson on matters of party policy.

BY Sean Gleeson

Editorial, Opinion

U Win Htein’s pas de deux

U Win Htein has been busy since last year’s election in his unofficial new role as a one-man information clearinghouse for the National League for Democracy.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Peace is broken in the Karen hills. How will donors respond?

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

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

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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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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