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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 14h

AFP | A Myanmar regime airstrike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.

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Myanmar junta strike kills dozens at festival protest: residents

A Myanmar regime airstrike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 1d

STATEMENT | Frontier has appointed Aung Htin Aung as new chief executive officer, to take over from founder Sonny Swe, who announced late last year he was stepping down after a decade at the helm.

Frontier appoints new CEO, as founder bows out

Frontier has appointed a new chief executive officer to take over from founder Sonny Swe, who announced late last year he was stepping down after a decade at the helm.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 5d

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Kyaukme, Min Aung Hlaing finishes his Central Asia visit, and author and Frontier digital editor Carlos Sardiña Galache talks through this week’s high-level UN conference on the Rohingya and Arakan Army leadership.

What's Happening in Myanmar: Kyaukme Falls & UN Rohingya Talks

With Carlos Sardiña Galache, author and Frontier Myanmar digital editor. This week on episode 47 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Kyaukme, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing returns fr...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 5d

Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower pay than men.

Working for peanuts: The precarious lives of women in central Myanmar

Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 7d

AFP | A Rohingya refugee who fled a military onslaught in northern Rakhine State along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending over seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority.

Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering

A Rohingya refugee who fled a military onslaught in northern Rakhine State along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending over seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence a...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 8d

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Myanmar is facing severe economic challenges, with commodity prices surging and shortages occurring due to the junta’s closure of border crossings and air freight restrictions. Ordinary citizens and small-scale traders are struggling with rising costs and dwindling supplies.

The cost of trade or Myanmar's economic struggle amid shortages and soaring prices

Myanmar is facing severe economic challenges, with commodity prices surging and shortages occurring due to the junta's closure of border crossings and air freight restrictions. Ordinary citizens and s...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 9d

Myanmar’s military razed Rohingya villages and farmland in northern Rakhine State in “a coordinated and organized operation” to strip the minority of land rights, a United Nations’ independent investigative body said.

UN says Myanmar military razed Rohingya villages in ‘a systematic pattern’

Myanmar’s military razed Rohingya villages and farmland in northern Rakhine State in “a coordinated and organized operation” to strip the minority of land rights, a United Nations' independent investi...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 9d

AFP | Six Myanmar war widows speak softly of their grief as they walk inside the crumbling walls of Mandalay Palace, fresh arrivals in an earthquake-wracked city strained anew by conflict.

Quake-hit Myanmar city becomes epicentre of junta election offensive

The junta has pledged elections beginning on December 28 and has touted them as a path to peace with its myriad adversaries – from ragtag pro-democracy partisans to semi-professional ethnic armed orga...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 11d

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance gains in Banmauk, a KIA training base is bombed, rights organisations lament Sweden’s development aid cessation, and Dustin Barter and Stella Naw discuss their new report on aid for the pluralistic state in Myanmar.

What's Happening in Myanmar: Rethinking Aid as Sweden Drops Out

With Dustin Barter and Stella Naw, two co-authors of a new ODI report on humanitarianism and revolutionary state-building in Myanmar. This week on episode 46 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the resist...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 12d

OPINION | As the world order disintegrates, the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar needs to innovate and forge international alliances with like-minded movements to defeat the regime, argues David Scott Mathieson.

Seeking solidarity for Myanmar in a cruel world

As the world order disintegrates, the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar needs to innovate and forge international alliances with like-minded movements to defeat the regime.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 14d

Abortion carries a strong social stigma and is illegal in Myanmar, pushing many women to seek it in Thailand or, for those who cannot afford travelling to the neighbouring country, the use of dangerous pills bought on TikTok.

The perils of abortion for Myanmar women

Abortion carries a strong social stigma and is illegal in Myanmar, pushing many women to seek it in Thailand or, for those who cannot afford travelling to the neighbouring country, the use of dangerou...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 16d

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Myanmar nationals who have spent years in refugee camps in Thailand awaiting resettlement in the United States now face increased depression and other mental health issues since President Donald Trump halted his country’s refugee programs.

Refugees in limbo battle depression

Myanmar nationals who have spent years in refugee camps in Thailand awaiting resettlement in the United States now face increased depression and other mental health issues since President Donald Trump...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 19d

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, regime gains in Bhamo, airstrike kills dozens of students in a high school in Kyauktaw, and ISP-Myanmar’s Naing Min Khant talks about the upcoming fourth generation of the military leadership.

What's Happening in Myanmar: The 4th Generation of Military Leaders

With Naing Min Khant, emerging researcher at the Institute for Strategy and Policy, Myanmar. This week on episode 45 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military regime makes gains in Bhamo, the air f...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 19d

Frustrated by a lack of institutional accountability, internet users in Myanmar are increasingly turning to social media to raise awareness – and air grievances – about perceived injustice.

Viral justice: Social media and the court of public opinion

Frustrated by a lack of institutional accountability, internet users in Myanmar are increasingly turning to social media to raise awareness – and air grievances – about perceived injustice.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 21d

Q&A | Economic analyst U Thet Zaw talks to Frontier about trade restrictions imposed last month by the military regime, and how they are leading to shortages and steep increases in the price of consumer goods.

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Q&A: ‘Policies will have to change’

Economic analyst U Thet Zaw talks to Frontier about trade restrictions imposed last month by the military regime, and how they are leading to shortages and steep increases in the price of consumer goo...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 23d

ကမ္ဘာ့ပါဝါ အခင်းအကျင်းသစ်ပေါ်တွင် စစ်ကော်မရှင်သည် ၎င်းတို့နှင့် မထိုက်တန်သော တရားဝင်မှုကို ရရှိအောင် ကြိုးပမ်းလာပြီး အာဏာရှင်နိုင်ငံအချို့ကလည်း စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင် မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ကို ပိုမို တံခါးဖွင့် ကြိုဆိုလာနေသည်။

ကမ္ဘာ့ပါဝါဇာတ်ခုံ အခင်းအကျင်းသစ်တွင် မိမိကိုယ်ကို ပွဲထုတ်နေသော အာဏာသိမ်းစစ်ကော်မရှင်

အဆိုးဘက်သို့ ထိုးဆင်းနေသော ကမ္ဘာ့ပါဝါ အခင်းအကျင်းပြောင်းလဲမှုအပေါ် အခွင့်ကောင်းယူလျက် စစ်ကော်မရှင်သည် ၎င်းတို့နှင့် မထိုက်တန်သော တရားဝင်မှုကို ရရှိအောင် ကြိုးပမ်းလာပြီး ဖွံ့ဖြိုးဆဲနိုင်ငံများထဲက အာဏာ...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 26d

In May the NUG ordered schools in areas under its control to close until security measures could be implemented to protect against junta airstrikes, but many villages lack the funds to make the changes, leaving children without access to education.

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No class: National Unity Government schools slow to reopen

In May the NUG ordered schools in areas under its control to close until security measures could be implemented to protect against junta airstrikes, but many villages lack the funds to make the change...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 26d

AFP | An official from Myanmar’s junta-stacked Union Election Commission said on Thursday that the results of its upcoming and widely disputed national poll were expected by the end of January next year.

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Myanmar junta's poll result due end of January: election official

An official from Myanmar's junta-stacked Union Election Commission said on Thursday that the results of its upcoming and widely disputed national poll were expected by the end of January next year.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 26d

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the US sanctions key members of the Kayin State Border Guard Force, and Myanmar elections expert Michael Lidauer runs through what we can expect from the military’s performative polls.

What's Happening in Myanmar: Military Electoral Machinery

With Michael Lidauer, an international elections expert with experience in Myanmar since 2010. This week on episode 44 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Kayin State Border Guard Force declares its s...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · 29d

DOH ATHAN | On May 12 the junta conducted an airstrike on a school in Oh Tein Twin village in Sagaing Region, killing more than 20 students and leaving the survivors, many of whom suffered severe injuries, to deal with lingering psychological and physical trauma.

Regime airstrike on school leaves trauma in its wake

On May 12 the junta conducted an airstrike on a school in Oh Tein Twin village in Sagaing Region, killing more than 20 students and leaving the survivors, many of whom suffered severe injuries, to dea...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · Sep 8

Q&A | Mon Unity Party spokesperson Nai Than Shwe talks to Frontier about strategic and security challenges the party is facing in preparing for the upcoming election organised by the regime.

Q&A: ‘Civilians should never be targeted’

Mon Unity Party spokesperson Nai Than Shwe talks to Frontier about strategic and security challenges the party is facing in preparing for the upcoming election organised by the regime.

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · Sep 6

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing visits China as his military continues its offensives at home, and Generations Solidarity Coalition of Nationalities member Nandar discusses the anti-sham election campaign’s aims and strategies.

What's Happening in Myanmar: The Anti-Sham Election Campaign

With Nandar, member of the Generations Solidarity Coalition of Nationalities, and participant in the anti-sham elections campaign. This week on episode 43 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, coup leader S...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · Sep 5

Many resistance groups have vowed to disrupt the regime’s poll, widely considered to be a sham aimed at maintaining the military’s grip on power, and civilians forced to serve as poll workers fear getting caught in the crossfire.

Fear and voting in Myanmar: Junta election heralds more violence

Many resistance groups have vowed to disrupt the regime’s poll, widely considered to be a sham aimed at maintaining the military's grip on power, and civilians forced to serve as poll workers fear get...

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Frontier Myanmar @frontiermyanmar.bsky.social · Sep 3

OPINION | The regime is taking advantage of an international order in decline to claim a legitimacy it doesn’t deserve – with authoritarian states in the Global South increasingly opening their doors to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, argues David Mathieson.

The junta positions itself in the new world order

The regime is taking advantage of an international order in decline to claim a legitimacy it doesn’t deserve – with authoritarian states in the Global South increasingly opening their doors to Senior ...

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