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Striking oil: Magway Region’s resource wealth draws junta fire

An escalation of airstrikes on two Magway townships this year has hindered work at small-scale oil wells, which support the local economy and help fund the resistance, and sparked a race to build bomb shelters.

BY Frontier

Features

Striking oil: Magway Region’s resource wealth draws junta fire

BY Frontier

Features

US aid cuts kneecap Myanmar in fight against tuberculosis

United States funding cuts have hit TB treatment in Myanmar particularly hard, leaving many of the country’s most vulnerable in a precarious position after the post-coup healthcare collapse erased years of progress.

BY Frontier

Opinion

Myanmar’s resistance faces a moral quandary after the quake

The swift delivery of aid to survivors of the recent earthquake must take precedence over transient political gains in a long-running conflict.

BY Frontier

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Ko Kaung Htet, right, on a reporting trip with the Restoration Council of Shan State in 2016. (Sai Zaw Theik)

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‘Sailing season’ warning urges govts to prevent future crisis

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BY Frontier & Frontier

News, Affairs, Election 2015

On the defensive, USDP warns against ‘drastic’ change

USDP candidate U Wai Lwin attempted to woo voters with calls for gradual change during a recent campaign trip to Ayeyarwady Region.

BY Soe Than Lynn

News, Affairs

Mapping Myanmar’s hotspots

A bilingual website launched by an Australian expatriate uses a map to show users the location of events and incidents reported throughout the nation by the Myanmar media.

BY Peter Janssen

Interview, Business

Securities Commission chief: ‘It’s not nuclear physics’

U Maung Maung Thein, chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar (SECM), talks with Frontier about plans to open Myanmar’s first stock market in December.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Interview, Business

‘Who are these sanctions helping, and who are they hurting?’

Eric Rose is the lead director of Herzfeld Rubin Meyer & Rose, which describes itself as the “first American law firm to open a law office in Myanmar.” Since July 2013, the firm has offered a range of legal services and maintains a pro-bono practice. Mr Rose has risen to prominence for helping Americans to navigate the financial sanctions regime the United States maintains against Myanmar, including a high-profile suit against U Tay Za’s Htoo Group on behalf of an American couple injured in the Air Bagan crash at Heho airport on Christmas Day 2012. He spoke with Frontier about US-Myanmar relations and Washington’s unique sanctions regime, of which he is a vocal critic.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Interview, Business

Securities Commission chief: 'It’s not nuclear physics'

U Maung Maung Thein, chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar (SECM), talks with Frontier about plans to open Myanmar’s first stock market in December.

BY Kyaw Phone Kyaw

Photo Essays, Features

Ceasefire accord heralds peace, for some

Ethnic groups not invited to sign the national ceasefire are wondering how it can bring peace when it has been endorsed by only eight of 21 armed organisations.

BY Brennan O'Connor

News, Affairs, Election 2015

On the defensive, USDP warns against 'drastic' change

USDP candidate U Wai Lwin attempted to woo voters with calls for gradual change during a recent campaign trip to Ayeyarwady Region.

BY Soe Than Lynn

News, Affairs, Election 2015

Subdued race in the south

Campaigning has been subdued in Tanintharyi Region, where there’s disquiet over voter lists and a lack of knowledge among the public about the electoral process.

BY Hans Hulst

Opinion

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Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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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.

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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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