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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

BY Frontier

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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.

BY Frontier

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With tales of torture, campaign seeks to divide armed resistance

Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.

BY Frontier

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‘These are kidnappings’: Junta targets relatives of activists on the run

Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.

BY Frontier

Highlights

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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

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

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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

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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

News Feed, Education, Opinion

The emerging alternatives to ‘military slave education’

News Feed, News, Features, Opinion

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

Podcast: Locals battle military for land compensation in Mon State

Doh Athan

Podcast: Water shortages hit Magway villages

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

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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

Stories in this issue

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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Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

Rivals struggle to take advantage of military beer boycott

With tales of torture, campaign seeks to divide armed resistance