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News, Business

Migrants face arrest and exploitation in Thailand’s shadow economy

Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.

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News, Business

Migrants face arrest and exploitation in Thailand’s shadow economy

Thailand has just reopened its border to Myanmar workers, but a cumbersome application process and deepening poverty continues to push them down illegal paths.

BY Frontier

Editorial, Opinion

Is the NUG ready for the world stage?

If the National Unity Government wants to be taken seriously on the international stage, it needs to put forward a coherent, united, powerful vision for Myanmar’s future.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.

BY Esther Wah

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

News Feed

Fighter jets worth $560m ordered last year, says magazine

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BY Frontier & Frontier

Business

New visa rules for foreigners entering Myanmar

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BY Peter Janssen

Business

Yoma secures 50-year lease extension for Landmark site

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BY Oliver Slow

Business

Thailand to push for big trade increase at Nay Pyi Taw talks

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BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed

Mingalar market fire damage toll may top K36bn

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News Feed

မီးသင့်ခဲ့သည့် မင်္ဂလာဈေး ဆိုင်ခန်းပိုင်ရှင်များအား စည်ပင်ဘဏ်က ငွေချေးမည်

ဇန်နဝါရီ ၉ ရက်နေ့က လောင်ကျွမ်းခဲ့သည့် မီးကြောင့် ဈေးရှိ ဆိုင်ခန်းပေါင်း ၁,၆၃၆ ခန်း ပျက်ဆီးခဲ့ကာ ကျပ်သန်း ၃၆,၀၆၀ ဖိုးခန့် ဆုံးရှုံးခဲ့

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Affairs

Nay Pyi Taw's new allure

After being shunned for years by the diplomatic and NGO community, Nay Pyi Taw is attracting attention as the place to be ahead of the installation of an NLD government.

BY Peter Janssen

Affairs, Features

Nay Pyi Taw’s new allure

After being shunned for years by the diplomatic and NGO community, Nay Pyi Taw is attracting attention as the place to be ahead of the installation of an NLD government.

BY Peter Janssen & Soe Than Lynn

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Problems ahead for Myanmar’s peace process

Peace conferences due to begin in January will be prolonged and protracted because they involve too many participants and too many groups.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

Is the NUG ready for the world stage?

Opinion

Losing the freedom to protect: The shattered dreams of environment defenders

Editorial, Opinion

Terrorism by any other name

Opinion

Is the US Senate Republican leader genuine about his support for Burma?

Doh Athan

Doh Athan

Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

Doh Athan

SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

Doh Athan

In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

Doh Athan

Blood transfusions drying up

Doh Athan

Doh Athan

Torture rife in Myanmar’s prisons

Doh Athan

SMEs struggle to survive amid economic turmoil

Doh Athan

In Magway Region, junta’s campaign of terror continues

Doh Athan

Blood transfusions drying up

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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