Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.
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.
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
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A sneezing monkey and a 'Dracula' fish are two species recently discovered in Myanmar, according to a report released by the World Wildlife Fund.
BY Oliver Slow
With election day drawing near the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party is using every trick in the book to avoid a humiliating defeat. Frontier counted at least ten nasty tactics for manipulating the vote outcome.
The controversy related to the projects close to the Shwedagon Pagoda lingers on after a Buddhist group, including members of the Ma Ba Tha, demanded the immediate cancellation of all five developments in its vicinity.
U Sai Thiha Kyaw holds the Pyithu Hluttaw seat of Mongyai Township in northern Shan State for the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy. He spoke to Frontier about his hopes of contributing to self-determination in Shan State.
BY Oliver Slow
U Sai Thiha Kyaw holds the Pyithu Hluttaw seat of Mongyai Township in northern Shan State for the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy. He spoke to Frontier about his hopes of contributing to self-determination in Shan State.
BY Oliver Slow
Since late 2013, a campaign supported by Ma Ba Tha has forced dozens of Muslim-owned slaughterhouses and beef-processing facilities across the Ayeyarwady Region to shut down.
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BY Hans Hulst
A $250m upgrade funded by the Japanese government is good news for commuters, who have long been waiting for better service on the Yangon Circle Line railway.
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