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The people’s grief and their right to closure

Former BBC journalist Christopher Gunness played a key role in sparking the 1988 uprising, and hopes that those bearing mental and physical wounds inflicted under junta rule will eventually be able to find closure.

By Oliver Slow

Features

The people’s grief and their right to closure

By Oliver Slow

Opinion

John Okell: Remembering a ‘gentle giant’ of Burmese teaching

The British linguist first set foot in Myanmar in 1960 and trained generations of Burmese language students.

By Luke Corbin

Opinion

The myth of ‘coalition government’

Talk of a post-election “coalition” misrepresents Myanmar’s winner-takes-all electoral system and gives false hope that minority interests can be meaningfully represented without constitutional reform.

By Ben Dunant

ရန်ကုန်မြို့ တရုတ်နှစ်သစ်ကူးပွဲလသာမြို့နယ်၌ စတင်

ရန်ကုန်မြို့၊ လသာမြို့နယ်မှာ တရုတ်နှစ်သစ်ကူးပွဲကို ယနေ့ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၅ ရက်နေ့ နံနက်ပိုင်းက စတင်ကျင်းပရာ ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီးဝန်ကြီးချုပ် ဦးဖြိုးမင်းသိန်း တက်ရောက် ဖွင့်လှစ်ပေးခဲ့ပါတယ်။

By Frontier

News Feed, News

Jolie demands Myanmar ‘commitment’ to end anti-Rohingya violence

Angelina Jolie said that Myanmar must "show genuine commitment" to end violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh.

By AFP

Bizfeed, Affairs, Business, Features

The wait’s nearly over for foreign insurers

After years of waiting, foreign insurers have been given the go-ahead to enter the domestic market, to the chagrin of their Myanmar competitors.

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

News Feed, News

Myanmar's opium farmers cling on to lucrative crop

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By AFP

News Feed, News

Angelina Jolie visits Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

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By AFP

News Feed, News

Myanmar’s opium farmers cling on to lucrative crop

Fields of purple opium poppy stretch across the pastures and peaks of eastern Myanmar, with many farmers reluctant to give up the profitable cash crop.

By AFP

Travel, Affairs, Features

From Venice to Inle Lake

In the first of a series profiling Myanmar’s leading responsible tourism businesses, Frontier meets enterprising tourist guide Myo Min Zaw, who went to Italy for professional development and returned with an altruistic idea.

By Sha Miao

News Feed, News, Affairs, Features

Rogue yogi: a fortune-teller faces trial for fraud

A woman who affected religious piety and claimed to have friends in high places has faced court accused of involvement in a multi-billion-kyat investment scam.

By Su Myat Mon

News Feed, News

Whistleblowing policeman in Reuters case freed after nine months

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By Ye Mon

Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 6

July 27, 2020

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Features

Out of the wild: Myanmar’s controversial plan to harvest endangered species

Legalising commercial farming of rare species will undercut poachers, says Myanmar’s Forest Department, but conservationists expect the move to lead to increased demand.

Editorial, Opinion

The military’s business is all of our business

When the military enters the business arena, it needs to play by the same rules as everyone else.

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