‘A global monster’: Myanmar-based cyber scams widen the net As China steps up measures to protect its citizens, an industry dependent on human trafficking and forced labour is adapting by targeting new groups – with a focus on English speakers. Read: frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-global-mo…

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | If you had to flee conflict suddenly, where would you go? Some families from southern Rakhine State have seen little option but to flee to Yangon. But they’re finding life as urban IDPs in the big city very difficult. Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/rakhine-idp…

Runaway inflation has left many working class women in Myanmar unable to afford feminine hygiene products – putting their health at risk – while they must also contend with stigma and shame. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/menstruatio…

The Chin resistance has split into two rival coalitions, one of which has the backing of the powerful Arakan Army, while both are keen to engage Indian authorities across the border. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/two-lions-i…

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. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/south-for-t…

A Myanmar-Chinese community has long thrived in Taiwan but shifts in the island’s national identity has made emigrating more difficult, even as people are more desperate than ever to leave Myanmar. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-world-apa…

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | There are no reliable figures for how many fighters have been killed or injured since the 2021 coup. But while there’s a support system for disabled Myanmar army soldiers, what help is available for resistance fighters? Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/disabled-re…

DOH ATHAN | Many Myanmar migrants in Thailand have access to social welfare and health insurance systems. But those working in the palm oil plantations of southern Thailand face high injury risks, with little health or compensation support. Watch here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/palm-oil-wo…

After ethnic armed groups conquered Myanmar’s northern Shan State, residents have welcomed their efforts to restore public order, but continued instability keeps the economy hobbled while ethnic tensions remain. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/new-sheriff…

With the Myanmar military overstretched, veterans are being recalled into service, angering them and their families, but there is little sympathy for their plight in the broader public. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/once-more-i…

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Many young people have fled Myanmar since February to avoid being conscripted into the military. But in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township young Lisu face a double threat with ongoing forced recruitment for a local militia. Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/no-young-pe…

AFP | Myanmar military airstrikes in northern Shan State killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic armed group battling the junta told Agence France-Presse on Friday. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-arm…

Myanmar journalists are allegedly suffering exploitation and abuse at exiled news outlets, but there’s debate over whether the responsibility to respond falls on donors or a media industry that is taking gradual steps to self-regulate. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/breaking-ne…

AFP | A fifth batch of conscripts Myanmar’s junta hopes will help reverse its battlefield losses has begun training, state media reported on Tuesday. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-jun…

OBITUARY | An economist who prized people over numbers, Paul Minoletti left behind a legacy in Myanmar that is celebrated by his colleagues, students and friends. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/an-incredib…

Resistance groups in western Mandalay Region have shown signs of greater coordination and effectiveness, but there’s still a long way to go to replicate the successes of their comrades in the north. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/anyar-risin…

AFP | Volunteers rushed to areas inundated by floods in Myanmar on Sunday as the country’s death toll from the Typhoon Yagi deluge surged to 113 and remote areas reported increasing numbers of dead and missing. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/volunteers-…

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Would you rather eat or connect to the outside world? That’s a choice facing some residents of northern Shan State, where conflict has tripled prices and expensive Starlink services have replaced phone and internet access. Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/northern-sh…

Intense conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has led to an increase in the number of severely injured civilians, even as aid organisations stop work in the region and services for the disabled decline. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/misfortunes…

Amid the collapse of both the economy and the rule of law in Myanmar, moneylenders are setting extortionate interest rates for desperate borrowers and hiring thugs to collect their dues. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/debt-trap-m…