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Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.

BY Pyae Sone Aung

News Feed, News

Debt nightmare crushes dreams of a better life for poor farmers

Migrant worker remittances have transformed the remote Magway Region village of Mauktin, but unscrupulous job brokers have left many residents under crushing debt.

BY Pyae Sone Aung

Opinion

Peace is broken in the Karen hills. How will donors respond?

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.

BY Charles Petrie & Ashley South

News

Air pollution: The other invisible menace

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

Tanintharyi Region’s boring election

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The Dawei Chaung dump in Yangon's North Dagon Township is seen on December 15, 2020. (Hkun Lat | Frontier)

The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Island hopping at Yangon Region's Ta Blu Hla Dam will ease your lockdown blues – but travel at your own risk. (Dominic Horner)

Votes for the boys: How soldiers delivered USDP victories in ethnic states

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MSF ‘vigilant’ on dengue threat in Rakhine, Sagaing

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Affairs, Interview, Features

Polymath journalist makes headlines in Kalemyo

There’s no shortage of choice in Yangon’s journal and newspaper market. Vendors’ stands busy with colourful displays of publications are everywhere in the commercial capital, but news-hungry readers in Yangon are unlikely to be encouraged to buy a publication at the urging of its owner.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Interview, Business

Surbana CEO Wong Heang Fine: 'Myanmar has less hidden baggage'

Singapore’s transition from backwater to global city has made it the envy of the developing world and Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd. has been a prominent ambassador of the city-state’s model abroad. The company has roots in Singapore’s Housing Development Board, which developed the city-state’s enviable public housing program, and JTC Corporation, which helped to turn the country into an industrial powerhouse.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Affairs, Election 2015

The NLD's broken promises

The NLD central election committee’s decision to exclude popular, respected figures from its candidates list generates a backlash within the party.

BY Oliver Slow

News, Affairs

Myanmar making ‘significant efforts’ on human trafficking: US

The United States has ranked Myanmar as a Tier 2 Watch List country on its annual Trafficking in Persons report for the fourth consecutive year.

BY Oliver Slow

News Feed, Affairs

ABSDF urges inclusiveness in reform process

Former rebel student army, the All Burma Students Democratic Front, has called on the government to include all the country’s ethnic groups in the peace process aimed at ending decades of civil conflict.

BY Oliver Slow

Inside Myanmar, Culture

Keeping ancient traditions alive in Myanmar puppetry

Myanmar puppetry, an artform dating back to the 15th century, is melding ancient traditions with modernity to embrace a new audience.

BY Oliver Slow

Interview, Business

Surbana CEO Wong Heang Fine: ‘Myanmar has less hidden baggage’

Wong Heang Fine, the chief executive of Surbana Jurong, on the Singaporean company’s role in Myanmar’s urban and industrial renaissance.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Inside Myanmar, Culture

Cartoonists and the freedom to satirise

Since Myanmar's political reforms began in 2011, cartoons have become increasingly effective as a media tool, as authorities treat satirists with a lighter touch.

BY Oliver Slow

Opinion

Peace is broken in the Karen hills. How will donors respond?

Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

Could Min Aung Hlaing’s retirement break the political deadlock?

Editorial, Opinion

Why we’re back in print

News Feed, Editorial, News, Opinion

Myanmar enters 2021 with a rare opportunity to heal

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

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Podcast: Unwanted pregnancies

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Podcast: Domestic violence in Tanintharyi Region

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Video: Child labour exposed in Yangon

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Podcast: Untold stories of slavery

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Volume 6, Issue 17

January 12, 2021

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Why we’re back in print

We’re not betting on a print revival to ensure Frontier’s survival, but we believe print still has an important place in the media landscape.

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The ultimate penalty: Debating the death sentence

Myanmar has not executed a convict for decades, though they continue to be put on death row. While some call for capital punishment to be scrapped, others are demanding it for child rapists.

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