OPINION | The conflict between the Arakan Army and the regime has littered the westernmost state of Myanmar with landmines and unexploded ordnance, adding to the misery of a civilian population coping with war and economic collapse. By Aung Marn Oo.
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AFP | Top United States Democrats condemned immigration authorities Thursday after a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar was found dead following his release from detention, piling pressure on President Donald Trump’s hardline policies.
27.02.2026 03:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
AFP | A Myanmar military air strike on a village market in the country’s westernmost state killed at least 17 people, two local sources said on Wednesday.
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Many methamphetamine users were forced to quit when war cut off supplies to Rakhine State, but as narcotics flood the market again, residents are asking how the Arakan Army will keep the pills off the streets.
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AFP | The United Nations on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced labour.
23.02.2026 04:23 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, regime releases election results, military appointees are assigned to parliament, and expert Jason Tower discusses resistance infighting and how the China-scam nexus affects regime politics.
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Women who have suffered health problems and other complications from cosmetic procedures are sounding the alarm about practitioners who use slick advertising on social media while hiding their lack of training.
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VIDEO | In the Myanmar border town of Mawdaung, seized last year by resistance forces led by the Karen National Union, residents struggle to survive as junta blockades and a closed Thai border leaves them on the brink.
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Frontier’s owner responds to allegations made by Myanmar Now that he is engaging with the junta.
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Riverside communities in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region worry that gold mining, approved by forces aligned with the National Unity Government, will destroy their agricultural land, poison the water and attract attacks from the junta.
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The Karen National Union-led capture of a key border town in Tanintharyi Region broke a string of regime advances across Myanmar, but life has become harder for civilians amid a blockade and border closure.
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OPINION | As the post-coup war enters its fifth year, there is a deluge of data about the conflict from a plethora of organisations that does little to clarify the reality on the ground or provide solutions, argues David Scott Mathieson.
11.02.2026 09:35 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Former editor-in-chief Thomas Kean defends Frontier’s independence in the face of baseless accusations that the outlet is part of a nefarious pro-military propaganda operation.
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This week on What's Happening in Myanmar the junta concludes its election and institutes a new special council to oversee government, and the Stimson Centre’s Amara Thiha breaks down how China has institutionalised the fragmentation of Myanmar.
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Stymied by airstrikes, travel bans and school closures, students and teachers in Myanmar’s westernmost state are uncertain of what the future holds for education under Arakan Army control.
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AFP | Myanmar’s junta announced a new office advising the president on Wednesday, a role which may allow the military chief to formally embed his power over the incoming civilian government.
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AFP | Thailand’s foreign minister said on Thursday that he hoped Myanmar’s recent election would be the “start of a transition” that could lead to sustainable peace in the civil war-torn country.
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Farmers in Ayeyarwady Region face mounting debts and threats to their livelihoods as black bean prices plummet due to a combination of decreased international demand and the junta’s mismanagement of the economy.
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OPINION | Dhaka’s insistence on sending hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar is an instrument used to deny them rights, legal employment and integration, argues Shafiur Rahman.
27.01.2026 07:09 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
AFP | Voting concluded in the Myanmar’s month-long election on Sunday, with the dominant pro-military party on course for landslide victory in a junta-run poll critics say will only prolong the army’s grip on power.
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This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the junta cancels voting in some areas for its election's last phase, and human rights advocate Seng explains the background of the ICJ case against Myanmar for genocide of the Rohingya.
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The imminent termination of Temporary Protected Status leaves 4,000 Myanmar nationals in the United States facing the possibility of deportation to their war-ravaged country.
23.01.2026 05:37 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
As the military regime presses ahead with its poll, young voters describe being coerced into voting through fear, family pressure and restrictive laws.
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This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance groups increase electoral violence, the regime detains politician Thet Thet Khaing, and former Frontier editor-in-chief Ben Dunant reports on visiting polling stations in Yangon.
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The number of MBA programmes offered through private schools in Myanmar has grown in the past decade, but many are not recognised by international institutions – a deficiency that is usually not mentioned in their advertising.
16.01.2026 04:12 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
AFP | Books tucked under their arms, children file into a small classroom in Bangladesh’s vast refugee camps, home to more than a million Rohingya who have fled neighbouring Myanmar.
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