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The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

The most likely outcome of the economic turmoil triggered by the coup is a period of slow economic growth and joblessness, even as inflation rises and the value of the kyat continues to slide against the US dollar.

BY Frontier

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

BY Frontier

News, Features

Fresh clashes in northern Shan open old wounds and displace thousands

An escalation in fighting between the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Tatmadaw near the town of Mong Ko on the China border has emptied villages, while inflaming longstanding tensions over who controls the area.

BY Jaw Tu Hkawng, Jauman Naw & Emily Fishbein

News, Business, Features

Garment workers face a fresh threat: a boycott

As military repression ramps up, some trade unions and activists are calling on brands to boycott Myanmar’s garment sector – but not everyone believes the campaign will hit its intended target.

BY Frontier

Highlights

News Feed, News

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

Saving the crown jewel of ‘cinema row’

An ambitious plan has been drafted to restore the Waziya cinema, the grandest of the seven movie houses that once lined Yangon’s Bogyoke Aung San Road.

BY Feliz Solomon

Affairs, Interview

Andy Hall: 'They would be happy if I would flee’

British labour rights activist Andy Hall, who has spent much of his life advocating on behalf of migrant workers in Thailand, has been visiting Myanmar to discuss migration policy with the incoming National League for Democracy government.

BY Joshua Carroll

Photo Essays, Features, Culture

Concrete canvas

The artists behind Myanmar’s small and shadowy graffiti scene are motivated more by the fundamentals of visual theory than they are by politics.

BY Jared Downing

Affairs, Interview

Andy Hall: ‘They would be happy if I would flee’

Andy Hall of the Migrant Worker Rights Network speaks with Frontier about the criminal charges levelled against him in Thailand and the Koh Tao murder case.

BY Joshua Carroll

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အင်န်အယ်လ်ဒီ ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များ အမှားပြုလုပ်ပါက ပါတီသို့ တိုင်ကြားနိုင်

ပါတီ၏ လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်များအနေဖြင့် လွှတ်တော်ကိုယ်စားလှယ်တစ်ဦး၏ ဂုဏ်သိက္ခာနှင့်အညီ ပြုမူ ပြောဆိုနေထိုင်ကြရန်လည်း ဒေါ်အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်က ပြောကြားခဲ့သည်

BY Soe Than Lynn

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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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Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

Doh Athan

Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

Doh Athan

Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

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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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

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