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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. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/they-look-d…

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AFP | Malaysia called yesterday for the extension and expansion of a post-earthquake ceasefire in Myanmar, as it ramped up calls for the long-awaited implementation of a five-point peace plan. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/malaysia-ca…

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မိမိတို့၏အခွင့်အရေးအတွက် တိုက်ပွဲဝင်သည်ဟု ဆိုသည့်တိုင် ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်ရှိ ရိုဟင်ဂျာလက်နက်ကိုင်အဖွဲ့များကို ရိုဟင်ဂျာများကိုယ်တိုင်က မနှစ်မြို့ကြပေ။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%9b%e…

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EDITORIAL | 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. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/asean-is-sl…

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This week on Frontier's podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, KNLA victories, TNLA defeats, and University of Stirling senior lecturer Monalisa Adhikari discusses the negativity surrounding the recent ASEAN summit in Malaysia. whimyanmar.com/malaysias-asea…

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AFP | Mastering control of the rising and falling rattan chinlone ball teaches patience, says a veteran of the traditional Myanmar sport – a quality dearly needed in the long-suffering nation. Rad here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/ancient-mya…

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The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now obligated to pay out massive amounts of compensation in hard-hit Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/compensatio…

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AFP | Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture’s giant milling machines stand ready to grind up the rocks of their ancestral homeland for lead ore. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/china-lead-…

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This week on Frontier's podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, floods rise, regional politicians prevaricate, and PhD candidate Tony Neil and Karen researcher Saw Day Hsi discuss the big gains made by resistance groups along the Thailand-Myanmar border. whimyanmar.com/resistance-vic…

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The AA’s offensives into neighbouring regions together with its resistance allies have brought Myanmar’s civil war to new corners of the country – and put the group within striking distance of key munitions factories. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/beyond-rakh…

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နိုင်ငံသားဥပဒေကို ပြုပြင်ပြောင်းလဲမည်ဟု ကတိပေးသည့်တိုင် ယခုအထိ တုံ့ဆိုင်းနေသဖြင့် NUG အစိုးရကို ရိုဟင်ဂျာအရေးလှုပ်ရှားသူများက စိတ်ပျက်နေသည်။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%94%e…

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DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Fear of food shortages has gripped at least one of the camps in Sagaing Region that mainly houses Kuki, a group living on both sides of the Indian border. Some Kuki complain about feeling forgotten. Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/lamenting-c…

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AFP | A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government’s already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand. Read full story here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/toxic-thail…

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The regime is using more advanced technology to screen travellers at checkpoints across Myanmar, prompting a wave of arrests of dissidents and deepening the climate of fear. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/electronic-…

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ANNOUNCEMENT | Seasoned journalist Thu Thu Aung will take over as Frontier Myanmar’s editor-in-chief next month from Ben Dunant, who steps down after seven years at the publication. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/new-frontie…

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This week on Frontier's podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, we talk about the new administration in Ta’ang National Liberation Army territory with Ta’ang activist researcher Lway Noon and University of Bologna post-doctoral fellow Francesco Buscemi. whimyanmar.com/administrating…

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အေအေ၏ထိုးစစ်ကြောင့် ရခိုင်နှင့်နယ်ချင်းထိ ဒေသများသို့ စစ်မီးပျံ့နှံ့လာပြီး ၎င်းတို့သည် အဓိကကျသည့် စစ်လက်နက်စက်ရုံများအနီးသို့ ရောက်ရှိလာပြီဖြစ်သည်။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%9b%e…

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DOH ATHAN PODCAST | The villagers’ response to military raids in central Myanmar finds expression in many ways, from singing as they plant crops to performances by song and dance groups raising funds for the revolutionary cause. Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/anyar-rises…

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AFP | Myanmar’s deposed democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to last the rest of her life. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/aung-san-su…

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A series of strikes has won landmark victories for Myanmar garment workers, but the gains remain precarious under a military regime that has been found in breach of international labour conventions. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/striking-go…