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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

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As COVID-19 surges, prices of medical goods follow suit

Rising demand, border closures and a depreciating kyat have sent prices of medicines soaring – and now pharmacies are closing as staff become infected with COVID-19.

BY Frontier

News Feed, News, Features

The NUG’s Rohingya policy: ‘Campaign statement’ or genuine reform?

The National Unity Government’s plan to end discrimination against the Rohingya and replace the 1982 Citizenship Law could face opposition from among its own supporters – if the parallel government gets the chance to implement it.

BY Frontier

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‘A threat to the revolution’: Pyusawhti returns to post-coup Myanmar

A network of hardline, pro-military groups known as Pyusawhti is doing its best to spread terror among the population as it fights a dirty war against the democratic forces resisting the coup.

BY Frontier

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Vitriol in cyberspace for celebrities who stayed silent

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

Missing in action: Stories of conflict

Features, Culture

A very Myanmar double feature

A recent double feature at the Thamada Cinema offered a rather unusual take on political satire and the story of the nation’s first plane hijacking.

BY Feliz Solomon

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ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီးဟောင်း ဦးမြင့်ဆွေအား ဒုတိယသမ္မတအဖြစ် တပ်မတော်က ရွေးချယ်တင်မြှောက်

BY Soe Than Lynn

News Feed

ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီက ပါတီ၏ စီအီးစီအဖွဲ့ဝင် ခြောက်ဦးအား ခုံရုံးဖွဲ့ စစ်ဆေးအရေးယူရန် စီစဉ်နေ

အင်န်အယ်လ်ဒီက ကမ်းလှမ်းပါက ပူးပေါင်းဆောင်ရွက်ဟု ပြောကြားခဲ့သည့် စီအီစီအဖွဲ့ဝင် ခြောက်ဦးအား ပါတီစည်းကမ်းများဖြင့် ခုံရုံးဖွဲ့အရေးယူမည်ဟု ရခိုင်အမျိုးသားပါတီက ပြောကြားခဲ့သည်

BY Soe Than Lynn

Features

Art history: Myanmar as South Asia

The participation of Myanmar artists in an exhibition of South Asian works at the recent Dhaka Art Summit raises questions about the regional ‘ownership’ of art.

BY Nathalie Johnston

News, Affairs

A Rakhine for Rakhine or the Tatmadaw’s man?

The people of Rakhine State want one of their own to become its next chief minister but they might be disappointed by the National League for Democracy.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Regarding the pain of others

It's easy for long-term foreign residents of Myanmar to scorn western tourists for their ignorance of local matters. That doesn't give us a free pass.

BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, Breaking News, News, Affairs

U Htin Kyaw: Myanmar, meet your new president

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BY Frontier, Mratt Kyaw Thu & Sean Gleeson

News, Affairs

A Rakhine for Rakhine or the Tatmadaw's man?

The people of Rakhine State want one of their own to become its next chief minister but they might be disappointed by the National League for Democracy.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

News Feed, News

Gambira charged on alleged immigration offences after 6 weeks in detention

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BY Frontier

Opinion

News Feed, Education, Opinion

The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

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Tiananmen and the Tatmadaw: Killing their own people

Opinion

The NUG must commit to human rights for all Myanmar’s people

Business, Opinion

A crisis of confidence looms over Myanmar’s banks

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

Doh Athan

Video: Below the poverty line

Doh Athan

Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

Doh Athan

Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

Doh Athan

Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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Video: Below the poverty line

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Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

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Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Editorial, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

News Feed, News

Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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