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Residents of the central Myanmar town of Monywa say they face a daily risk of abduction by both pro-military and pro-democracy militias, with perpetrators increasingly targeting children to force families to pay steep ransoms. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/we-are-livi…
AFP | Myanmar’s junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted resistance forces from a gold mining hub after a year-long battle, its second declared recapture of a key town in a week. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-jun…
This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Thabeikkyin, while handing out gifts and making arrests in Nawnghkio, and we discuss how former and current soldiers work to defeat the military with former soldier Dr Kid. whimyanmar.com/the-myanmar-de…
ဘင်္ဂလားဒေ့ရှ်ရှိ ရိုဟင်ဂျာများသည် အွန်လိုင်းမှ တစ်ဆင့် ခက်ခဲစွာအသက်မွေးလျက်ရှိပြီး အမျိုးသမီးများကမူ တင်းကျပ်သည့် လူမှုစံနှုန်းများကြောင့် အလုပ်လုပ်ခွင့်မရပေ။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%80%e…
Support for US President Donald Trump appears to be holding steady among the Myanmar-Americans who voted for him in 2024, despite the administration’s gutting of aid and travel bans on their home country. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/true-believ…
This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military is back in Nawnghkio, and we discuss Rohingya community history and agency through the lens of a new exhibition in Chiang Mai, with documentary photographer Greg Constantine. whimyanmar.com/ek-khaale-for-…
Almost four months on from a major earthquake, many homes still await repairs or demolition due to bureaucratic delays, while corruption and a shortage of quality materials and skilled workers mean cities aren’t building back better. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/ticking-tim…
ရှမ်းမြောက်တွင် စစ်တပ်ထိုးစစ်နှင့် အခြားဖိအားများ ရင်ဆိုင်ရသော်လည်း ထိန်းချုပ်နယ်မြေများကို လွယ်လွယ်နှင့် လက်လွှတ်မည်မဟုတ်ဟု တအာင်းတပ်က ဆိုသည်။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%a1%e…
This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, a special behind-the-scene episode with outgoing editor-in-chief Ben Dunant and incoming editor-in-chief Thu Thu Aung, who discuss independent Myanmar media and the future of Frontier. whimyanmar.com/debrief-with-d…
A deadly turf war between Chin resistance armies has raged despite Indian attempts to mediate, and comes as broader efforts to bridge Chin divides are stagnating. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/a-brotherly…
AFP | In a riverine battleground in western Myanmar, an entrepreneur hunts for reception using a makeshift bamboo antenna, his payphone kiosk providing locals a lifeline to connect with their loved ones. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/making-conn…
DOH ATHAN | LGBT people face discrimination in conservative Myanmar but are playing important roles in the resistance. We talk with a PDF commander, a fashion designer in exile, a trade union activist and a community organiser. Listen here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/out-proud-a…
အလုပ်သမားများသည် လုပ်ခလစာတိုးမြှင့်တောင်းဆိုနိုင်ခဲ့သည့်တိုင် နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေများကို ချိုးဖောက်နေသည့် စစ်ကောင်စီလက်အောက်က ၎င်းတို့၏အောင်ပွဲများမှာ မရေရာလှပေ။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%9c%e…
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army is under siege by the Myanmar junta in northern Shan State, while also enduring a Chinese blockade and sporadic unrest in its multi-ethnic territory, but the group says it won’t give ground without a fight. Read here: frontiermyanmar.net/en/fighting-to…
This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, we discuss the surge in the use of child soldiers by the military with Human Rights Watch's Shayna Bauchner and independent researcher Thiri. whimyanmar.com/child-soldiers…
This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing heads to Belarus after a peace performance, and Frontier Myanmar journalist Ya Nwe talks about the wider gains for workers from the Tsang Yih strike last month. whimyanmar.com/widespread-wag…
စစ်ကောင်စီက အဆင့်မြင့်နည်းပညာများသုံး၍ ခရီးသွားများကို ပိုမိုတင်းကျပ်စွာ စစ်ဆေး၊ ဖမ်းဆီးလာသဖြင့်အတိုက်အခံလှုပ်ရှားသူများအကြား စိုးရိမ်မှုမြင့်တက်နေသည်။ ဤနေရာတွင် ဖတ်ရှုနိုင်ပါသည်။ frontiermyanmar.net/mm/%e1%80%94%e…
