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ASEAN is sliding into irrelevance on Myanmar

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

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Editorial, Opinion

ASEAN is sliding into irrelevance on Myanmar

The regional bloc is confronting Myanmar with a mixture of immobilism and wishful thinking, while other actors intervene more effectively – to the regime’s benefit.

BY Frontier

Features

‘They look down on us for being Muslims’: Kaman marginalised in Yangon

After fleeing conflict in their native Rakhine State, members of the Kaman Muslim minority group are facing work and housing discrimination in Myanmar’s commercial capital.

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Features

Rights deferred: Citizenship reform mothballed in Myanmar

An early pledge by the parallel National Unity Government to replace Myanmar’s racist citizenship law raised hopes for marginalised communities, but impatience is growing as revolutionary groups trade blame for the delays.

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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

Interview, Business

Yathar Cho’s U Wai Phyo: ‘We will put up a good fight’

Yathar Cho Industry leads the instant noodle market in Myanmar with its popular Yum Yum brand. How is managing director U Wai Phyo preparing for the influx of foreign brands?

BY Hans Hulst

Interview, Business

Christina Win: ‘There is definitely a big market for eco-friendly products’

Frontier speaks to Christina Win, owner of Yangon Green Furniture.

BY Ann Wang

Interview, Business

Bo San: ‘Market volumes in the music industry are a joke’

Frontier speaks with Bo San, managing director of Bo Bo Entertainment.

BY Frontier

Affairs, Interview

U Shwe Maung, former USDP MP: ‘This is illogical and ridiculous’

U Shwe Maung has been a rare advocate for the Rohingya in the ruling USDP since being elected to the seat of Buthidaung in 2010. He has now cut ties with his party.

BY Alex Bookbinder

News, Affairs

Rakhine’s food aid racket

Residents of camps for the internally displaced in Rakhine State say they are not receiving the food aid to which they are entitled and management committees are to blame.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Affairs, Interview

U Shwe Maung, former USDP MP: 'This is illogical and ridiculous'

U Shwe Maung has been a rare advocate for the Rohingya in the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party since being elected to the lower house seat of Buthidaung in northern Rakhine State in 2010. Earlier this month, he announced his intention to cut ties with the USDP and contest the November 8 election as an independent.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Affairs, Election 2015, Features

Abu Taher: repressed and rejected

Rohingya politician and human rights activist Abu Taher is no rookie. He ran for parliament for the National Democratic Party for Development in the 2010 elections and won the Upper House seat for Buthidaung, Rakhine State. But the Union Election Commission accused him of breaking campaigning laws, and after a grueling, year-long appeal process his opponent from the Union Solidarity and Development Party was finally awarded the seat.

BY Hans Hulst

Affairs, Business

Great expectations for Yangon's young job hunters

In the wake of Myanmar's economic and political reforms, the job market is more complicated than ever, as some salaries soar while unemployment remains high.

BY Ann Wang

News, Affairs

Rakhine's food aid racket

Residents of camps for the internally displaced in Rakhine State say they are not receiving the food aid to which they are entitled and management committees are to blame.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Opinion

Editorial, Opinion

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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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