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A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.

BY Frontier

Features

A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.

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

News Feed, Science

Fears of disease outbreaks as child vaccination rates plummet

Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.

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

Breaking News

President Thein Sein congratulates NLD with 'victory', vows power transfer

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BY Hans Hulst

Business, Features

The ABCs of the YSX

The long-awaited Yangon Stock Exchange is due to open in early December and there are a few things you need to know if you’re planning to play the market.

BY Frontier & Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Features

လေးနှစ်ကြာပြီးနောက် မြစ်ဆုံဆည် ပြသနာ စိတ်ပူစရာ ပြန်ပေါ်လာ

ဦးသိန်းစိန်၏ သမ္မတသက်တမ်း ပြီးဆုံးကာနီးအချိန်တွင် သမ္မတဦးသိန်းစိန် ရပ်ဆိုင်းထားခဲ့သော မြစ်ဆုံဆည် စီမံကိန်းကို ဗဟိုပြု၍ ရိုက်ကူးထားသော မှတ်တမ်းတင်ရုပ်ရှင်ကားတစ်ကား ပေါ်ထွက်လာခဲ့သည်။

အိုလီဗာ ဆလိုး ရေးသားသည်။

BY Oliver Slow

Breaking News

President Thein Sein congratulates NLD with ‘victory’, vows power transfer

President U Thein Sein has sent a letter to the National League for Democracy, congratulating the party on its 'victory' and promising to respect the 'decision of the voters'.

BY Hans Hulst & Kyaw Phone Kyaw

News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

Democratic Party leader U Thu Wai on second defeat: ‘It’s alright.’

Democratic Party (Myanmar) leader U Thu Wai lost his second election in a row. But he vows not to retire from politics.

BY Frontier

Bizfeed, Business

Mandalay poised for expansion: Colliers

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BY Oliver Slow

News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

Myanmar’s election receives mixed review from Carter Center observers

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BY Alex Bookbinder

News Feed, Election 2015

UN chief Myanmar voters for ‘patience, dignity, enthusiasm’

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BY Frontier & Frontier

News Feed, Affairs, Election 2015

EU observation mission rates election 'credible', warns on Muslim disenfranchisement

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BY Hans Hulst

Opinion

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

Editorial, Opinion

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

Opinion

Can the Arakan Army achieve its confederacy dream?

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

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

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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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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A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

A flood of need overwhelms humanitarian response in conflict-affected areas

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