Ruthless crackdowns, including mass arrests, have largely quelled protests in Myanmar’s capital, but the regime has struggled to crush the spirit of the Civil Disobedience Movement despite prosecuting leading members.
BY Frontier
Ruthless crackdowns, including mass arrests, have largely quelled protests in Myanmar’s capital, but the regime has struggled to crush the spirit of the Civil Disobedience Movement despite prosecuting leading members.
BY Frontier
As junta forces increasingly refuse to return the bodies of those they've slain, the pain of grieving families is being exacerbated by uncertainty.
BY Frontier
A boycott launched in the wake of the February 1 coup has caused sales of Myanmar Beer to plummet – and may even have wiped US$1 billion off the value of its military-linked parent company.
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Ethnic armed groups have no incentive to sign the Myanmar government's ceasefire deal before the November elections.
BY Hans Hulst
Who will enforce the law?
Singapore drinks and property conglomerate Fraser and Neave says an assessment has valued its stake in Myanmar Brewery at US$560 million.
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Frontier speaks to John Sartain, managing director of Hospitality Resource Solutions.
BY Oliver Slow
Frontier speaks to Dr Anna Khin Khin Kyawt, founder of SAIL Advertising.
BY Hans Hulst
Dutch brewer Heineken has entered Myanmar’s increasingly competitive beer market, opening a US$60 million brewery in a joint venture with a domestic partner at Hmawbi, about 30 miles north of Yangon. Lester Tan, the managing director of the APB ABC joint venture, spoke to Frontier about the company’s plans for Myanmar and its strategy for challenging Myanmar Beer’s dominant share of the market.
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