A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.
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A boycott campaign that has sent sales of military-owned beers plummeting has created shortages of rival products, with breweries unable to meet demand and facing a shortage of cans.
BY Frontier
Pro-military Facebook accounts are seeking to drive a wedge between ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance with disinformation, but are struggling to break the unity of the anti-coup opposition.
BY Frontier
Security forces are increasingly arresting the family members of activists who are on the run – effectively holding them hostage without charge.
BY Frontier
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The Thilawa Special Economic Zone is one of the country’s most successful projects, but some relocated land users say they deserved better compensation.
Combatting the coronavirus by shutting down the country makes little sense on health grounds and would cede greater power to Myanmar’s armed forces.
BY Jordan Tun
Myanmar is better-placed than most countries in the region to weather the looming global economic downturn sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank says.
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As the number of coronavirus cases gains pace in Myanmar, there are more questions than answers about the ability of the public health system to respond to a large outbreak.
In the rich world, lockdowns are being debated in terms of "saving lives" versus "saving the economy”, but in Myanmar, it's not so simple.
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Most universities resisted calls by student unions to postpone examinations because of the threat posed by COVID-19, but that quickly changed after the first cases were confirmed in Myanmar.
A trip to conflict-hit southern Chin State leaves Frontier’s Kyaw Lin Htoon dreaming of a day when peace prevails and Myanmar’s civil wars are relegated to historical monuments.
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