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Close ally of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi dies of leukaemia. A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a National League for Democracy source told Agence France-Presse, days after being released from junta custody on …
Army or prison: Forced recruitment in Myanmar’s towns and cities
January 5, 2024. The overstretched military is increasingly recruiting young men in urban areas against their will, often targeting them at night and threatening them with imprisonment. By FRONTIER. On the night of October 27 in the Mon State capital of Mawlamyine, a truck full of soldiers stopped Ko Wai Phyo* on his motorbike.
Breaking newsrooms: Are Myanmar’s exiled journalists getting a …
Sep 9, 2024 · A Myanmar photojournalist takes pictures of a barricade erected by anti-coup protestors in Yangon on March 16, 2021. (Frontier) Other alleged abuses at Delta News Agency affected both men and women. The outlet was founded in 2018 to cover Ayeyarwady Region but now reports on events across Myanmar from exile, having been banned by the junta in ...
From mass disobedience to mass exit: CDM workers quit Myanmar
Oct 17, 2023 · Even after paying high smuggling fees, many end up in detention. Thai police regularly make mass arrests of Myanmar nationals being smuggled to Malaysia. “Thirteen people, including my CDM acquaintances, were arrested in a truck going to Malaysia in August,” said Ko Maung. “All are now in jail in Thailand.
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Human Rights Defenders: The Women’s Rights Activist. The United Nations says patterns of abuse and gender-based violence have definitely worsened in Myanmar since the coup. In this feature, we profile a women’s rights defender who says women must play a meaningful role in building a peaceful future for the country.
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The Frontier story. Since launching in 2015, Frontier Myanmar has provided its readers balanced, in-depth reporting and insights from the ground to help them make sense of what’s happening in Myanmar. With a focus on long-form and investigative articles, insights and analysis, we’ve built up a reputation for quality journalism in an ...
South for the winter: Myanmar’s cyber scam industry migrates
Aug 29, 2024 · South for the winter: Myanmar’s cyber scam industry migrates. August 29, 2024. A supposed crackdown on cyber scam operations in Myawaddy Township has only masked their relocation, with the Kayin BGF and DKBA helping Chinese criminal syndicates set up shop farther south in Three Pagodas Pass. By NAW BETTY HAN | FRONTIER.
Fresh dialogue needed for Myanmar’s fractured resistance
May 1, 2024 · It was in this spirit that the National Unity Consultative Council was created soon after the coup. The council was granted broad policy-making powers by the Federal Democracy Charter, a loose framework for Myanmar’s future agreed on by many resistance actors. The NUCC was also tasked with writing a new, transitional constitution for the country.
Myanmar’s resistance takes the war to the sea
June 28, 2023. A new front has opened for the military regime’s stretched forces, as the resistance starts to challenge the navy in the southern waters off Tanintharyi Region. By FRONTIER. Three months ago, Myanmar’s post-coup conflict reached the shores of the Andaman Sea. Early on March 9, members of the resistance arrived at Ban Da Ne, a ...
Volume 6, Issue 18 - Frontier Myanmar
Jan 27, 2021 · Volume 6, Issue 18. Border Guard Force members have vowed to quit if their leaders are forced out, prompting fears of renewed fighting in Kayin State. 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.