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Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

When the Myanmar military reopened the nation’s schools in November, millions of students found themselves forced to choose between maintaining the boycott of state services and losing even more of their education.

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Education, News

Education vs. revolution: school reopenings bring hard choices

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Science

COVID cover up: third wave death toll may be in hundreds of thousands

Six months ago, Myanmar endured a catastrophe as its health system was overwhelmed with seriously ill COVID-19 patients. A Frontier investigation finds that the true death toll may be in the hundreds of thousands, as most were never counted.

BY Frontier

News, Business, Features

Desperate job seekers an easy target for scammers

With Myanmar’s economy in turmoil and unemployment on the rise, thousands are trying to find work abroad but are having to navigate border closures and unscrupulous brokers.

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

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

Affairs, Election 2015, Features

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, Mratt Kyaw Thu & Hans Hulst

Sithu Aung Myint, Election 2015, Opinion

The NLD and the ethnic parties

There is still time for Myanmar's main opposition party to forge alliances with ethnic political parties.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

Bizfeed, Business

Human hair imports from India up sharply

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Bizfeed, Business

Customs, ADB developing new trade clearance scheme

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BY Frontier & Frontier

News, Affairs, Election 2015

Drama at ruling party HQ linked to race for presidency

Security forces were surrounding the Union Solidarity and Development Party headquarters in Nay Pyi Taw on August 13 amid the removal of Thura U Shwe Mann as party chairman.

BY Soe Than Lynn

News Feed, Breaking News, Affairs

Party purge for ‘unity’, says USDP

President U Thein Sein’s consolidation of power over the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in a putsch that removed his main rival for the presidency was in the interests of party unity, the USDP said a statement on August 13.

BY Oliver Slow

News Feed

Ministry backs down on move to appoint Tatmadaw doctors

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BY Soe Than Lynn

Bizfeed, Business

MPT unveils partnership with Japan’s LINE

Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications has unveiled a partnership with LINE, a Japan-based application offering free chat and voice calls with more than 600 million users.

BY Frontier

Opinion

The currency crisis, and why we should brace for stagflation

News, Business, Opinion

The economics behind Min Aung Hlaing’s grand delusions

Opinion

Finding fault lines within the Tatmadaw

Opinion

Myanmar: Failed State or failed nation?

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

Doh Athan

Podcast: Military accused of using human shields in conflict areas

Doh Athan

Video: Myanmar’s disabled fight COVID-19

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Video: Medical volunteers on the frontlines

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Podcast: Military accused of multiple massacres in Sagaing

Latest Issue

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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