A combination of the war in Iran and import restrictions from China has led to a shortage of chemical fertilisers in Myanmar, driving up the costs of agricultural inputs while farmers struggle to make a profit. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/simply-tr...

AFP | Myanmar’s detained democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met with the nation’s Red Cross representative on Monday, the regime president’s office said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/detained-...

DOH ATHAN | Former prisoners in Myanmar say many inmates suffer from beriberi – a serious disease caused by vitamin B1 deficiency that can be fatal if left untreated – because they are deprived of adequate nutrition by prison authorities. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/vitamin-d...

This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, NUG fines villagers for sending children to regime schools, junta abducts vulnerable people for conscription, Rohingya in Malaysia face deportations and regime passes a death penalty for cyber scammers. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/junta-abd...

AFP | Myanmar’s military-backed parliament approved a law on Tuesday that authorises capital punishment for those who detain or violently coerce victims into working in cyber scam centres, the speaker said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmars-...

DOH ATHAN | In May, a massive warehouse explosion in a village in northern Shan State’s Namhkam Township killed dozens of residents, leaving survivors to deal with the aftermath and leading some to wonder whether it is worth rebuilding. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/taang-vil...

This edition of Political Insider looks at ASEAN’s efforts to move forward with its Five-Point Consensus in the wake of Min Aung Hlaing’s appointment as regime president in April. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/serious-d...

This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, ASEAN convened to address Myanmar’s crisis, the TNLA held unprecedented talks with the junta, Malaysia will implement refugee system, the junta continues its forced conscription and fuel and prices surge. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/separate-...

OPINION | The National Unity Government’s foreign policy has been marred by a lack of vision, overdependence on advisors with limited knowledge of the Myanmar’s conflict dynamics, and a tendency to ignore criticism, argues David Scott Mathieson. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-twili...

OPINION | Five years after its founding, the National Unity Government has proved unable or unwilling to significantly reform itself, rendering it increasingly irrelevant, argues David Scott Mathieson. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-twili...

AFP | Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in the Philippines on Tuesday under the cloud of renewed fighting in the Middle East and a deep divide over Myanmar’s return to the diplomatic fold. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmars-...

AFP | Statues of independence hero General Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/founding-...

This week on Season 2, Episode 14 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN met with the junta sparking a NUG warning, heavy resistance losses in Magway and deadly airstrikes on civilians continued as a Rohingya boat tragedy unfolded. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/rohingya-...

AFP | The United Nations warned Thursday that more than 500 people were feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off Myanmar since late June. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/over-500-...

Online casino games, easily downloadable onto mobile phones, are growing in popularity in Myanmar, and many people who play them are borrowing huge sums of money in the false hope that they will someday hit the jackpot. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/they-were...

AFP | Myanmar regime’s leader Min Aung Hlaing will make an official visit to Thailand next month as Bangkok seeks to bring the once pariah state back into the diplomatic fold, the Thai foreign minister told Agence France-Presse on Wednesday. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/once-shun...

OPINION | Coverage and commentary on the civil war in Myanmar have often been marred by deficient data and a tendency to ignore atrocities committed by resistance forces, argues David Scott Mathieson. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-order...

This edition of Political Insider looks at the recent public death sentences and executions by ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State and the broader question of capital punishment in Myanmar. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/crime-and...

AFP | Southeast Asian foreign ministers pressed their Myanmar regime’s counterpart for “concrete” progress on a stagnant ASEAN peace plan for the country during a meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, top Thai and Philippine diplomats said. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/asean-min...

This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, Min Aung Hlaing seeks legitimacy in Laos, protests against pollution turn violent in Thailand, a Starlink shutdown threatens resistance comms, and landslides devastated Rohingya camps in Bangladesh. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/courting-...

AFP | Saluting the red banner of revolution deep in Myanmar’s jungle, retreating resistance fighters swear to keep fighting for democracy – but after five years of civil war the cause is flagging. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmars-...

This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, infighting deepes divisions within the resistance movement as the NUG struggles to maintain order, the AA unveiled a new banking system, and Min Aung Hlaing strengthened ties with international allies. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/resistanc...

VIDEO | Worsening conditions in camps in Bangladesh are driving increasing numbers of Rohingya refugees to risk dangerous and often deadly sea journeys in search of safety and the chance at a better life in Malaysia and Indonesia. Watch here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/where-is-...

AFP | Ranks of bereaved Myanmar families bow in silent grief to pray for their dead, some of the latest victims in a years-long conflict now estimated to have claimed 100,000 lives. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/nothing-l...

AFP | The Myanmar regime has denied a request for ASEAN’s special envoy to meet the country’s deposed and detained democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a junta spokeswoman said Tuesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-d...

Yaw Army fighters who participated in an offensive led by the Arakan Army against the junta in Rakhine State recount losing limbs in battle but remain steadfast in their support for the resistance. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/amputatio...

This edition of Political Insider looks at whether the newly formed Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union can bring greater coordination and direction to Myanmar’s resistance movement. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-forma...

This week on #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar, the junta claims battlefield victories, internal resistance conflicts escalate, refugees gain new rights in Thailand, and a damning United Nations report details civilian casualties. Listen here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmars-...

Myanmar refugees have been deterred by harsh farm work in eastern Thailand, far from the camps and their families, but aid workers say more job options will become available as bureaucracy is eased and more employers hear of the programme. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/slow-grin...

Join us on July 3 for a screening of the documentary “Burma Soldier," about soldier-turned-democracy activist Myo Myint, co-directed by Frontier’s features editor Nic Dunlop. 🗓️July 3, 5pm 🗺️ Greenhouse co-working space, Chiang Mai More details here: mailchi.mp/frontiermyan...