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‘They don’t represent us’: Rohingya armed groups wreak havoc in Rakhine

The return of Rohingya militants to the state in recent years to fight the Arakan Army has led to a string of alleged abuses against civilians, and has imperilled relations with the Rakhine community.

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‘They don’t represent us’: Rohingya armed groups wreak havoc in Rakhine

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Interview, Features

Q&A: Explaining Myanmar’s private security law

Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services.

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Features

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.

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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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Polymath journalist makes headlines in Kalemyo

There’s no shortage of choice in Yangon’s journal and newspaper market. Vendors’ stands busy with colourful displays of publications are everywhere in the commercial capital, but news-hungry readers in Yangon are unlikely to be encouraged to buy a publication at the urging of its owner.

BY Mratt Kyaw Thu

Interview, Business

Surbana CEO Wong Heang Fine: 'Myanmar has less hidden baggage'

Singapore’s transition from backwater to global city has made it the envy of the developing world and Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd. has been a prominent ambassador of the city-state’s model abroad. The company has roots in Singapore’s Housing Development Board, which developed the city-state’s enviable public housing program, and JTC Corporation, which helped to turn the country into an industrial powerhouse.

BY Alex Bookbinder

Affairs, Election 2015

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

News, Affairs

Myanmar making ‘significant efforts’ on human trafficking: US

The United States has ranked Myanmar as a Tier 2 Watch List country on its annual Trafficking in Persons report for the fourth consecutive year.

BY Oliver Slow

News Feed, Affairs

ABSDF urges inclusiveness in reform process

Former rebel student army, the All Burma Students Democratic Front, has called on the government to include all the country’s ethnic groups in the peace process aimed at ending decades of civil conflict.

BY Oliver Slow

Inside Myanmar, Culture

Keeping ancient traditions alive in Myanmar puppetry

Myanmar puppetry, an artform dating back to the 15th century, is melding ancient traditions with modernity to embrace a new audience.

BY Oliver Slow

Interview, Business

Surbana CEO Wong Heang Fine: ‘Myanmar has less hidden baggage’

Wong Heang Fine, the chief executive of Surbana Jurong, on the Singaporean company’s role in Myanmar’s urban and industrial renaissance.

BY Alex Bookbinder

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

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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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