"[Abraham] Lincoln speculated ... that some American Caeser or Napoleon, a figure whose slouching arrival upon the scene the young lawyer regarded as inevitable, will be able, for no reason loftier than the satisfaction of his own vainglory, to swallow the American experiment whole." #booksky

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...

I spent two months reading Fosse’s "Septology." It will be a while before I feel ready to start my next book because my heart and mind are full from Fosse’s prose, which has me contemplating the vicissitudes of life, personal encounters with the divine, and the constant shadow of death. #booksky

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-...

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...

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-...

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...

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-...

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...

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-...

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...

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...

Women in Myanmar seeking to escape violent husbands face numerous obstacles, including lack of access to advocacy groups, traditional norms that see abuse as a “husband-and-wife matter,” and complex, expensive divorce procedures. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/i-felt-li...

AFP | Myanmar’s military was responsible for more than 700 civilian deaths over the six-month period ahead of the regime’s election last year, the United Nations said Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-a...

Deteriorating conditions in Bangladesh’s refugee camps are pushing more Rohingya into the hands of human traffickers in the hope of finding a better life in Malaysia or Indonesia. Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/she-had-l...

AFP | A Myanmar military airstrike has killed seven civilians including a five-year-old child in the country’s conflict-ravaged west, a witness and a rescue worker said Thursday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-a...

AFP | Myanmar’s inflation spiked to nearly 25 percent as shocks from the Middle East conflict compounded the effects of the country’s civil war, the World Bank said Tuesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-i...

AFP | Myanmar regime’s president Min Aung Hlaing arrived in China on Monday for talks with leader Xi Jinping, state media reported, as the Southeast Asian nation seeks stronger trade ties with Beijing. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-r...

This edition of Political Insider looks at the recent military offensives in upper Sagaing Region, where the regime is regaining control of crucial routes leading to Kachin State. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/trouble-i...

AFP | A United States consultant and author of a memoir about Myanmar’s 2021 coup is being detained in the country over a property dispute, a police source told Agence France-Presse on Saturday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-r...