Interview

In the thick of it: A photojournalist in Myanmar’s southern front

Photojournalist Mar Naw reflects on his travels earlier this year through southern Myanmar, where he documented a largely overlooked theatre of war.

BY Frontier

Interview

Q&A: Karenni leader Khun Bedu is ‘determined to restore the people’s government’

The KNDF chair talks to Frontier about withstanding air strikes, unifying Karenni forces and building a parallel state government in one of Myanmar’s main conflict theatres.

BY Frontier

Interview

A day in the life of a Shwe Kokko scammer

Many workers brought to criminal hubs in Southeast Asia have no idea what they’re getting themselves into, but some are seeking a payday despite the risks. Frontier spoke to two workers – one in online gambling the other in online scams – about their daily lives, working conditions and what brought them to Shwe Kokko.

BY Frontier

Interview

Q&A: Kachin activist Sut Seng Htoi says ‘no issue should be censored or avoided’

The spokesperson of the Kachin State Civilian Movement discusses resource governance, resisting the patriarchy and the role of civil society in holding the Kachin Independence Organization to account.

BY Emily Fishbein

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Interview, Business

Anna Khin Khin Kyawt: 'The heart is out of the business'

After the former military government embraced market reforms in the early 1990s, SAIL Advertising was the first Myanmar marketing company to cater to international clients. Times have changed. In transitional Myanmar, advertising agencies are ghting for business. Frontier asked SAIL founder Dr Anna Khin Khin Kyawt, who’s also president of the Myanmar Marketing Services Association, about the changing advertising market and the challenges ahead.

BY Hans Hulst

Interview, Business

Brewery boss Lester Tan: ‘Our goal is always to go as local as we can’

Lester Tan, the managing director of the joint venture overseeing Heineken's entry into Myanmar, on his company’s plans to challenge the dominance of Myanmar Beer.

BY Oliver Slow

Interview, Business

Brewery boss Lester Tan: 'Our goal is always to go as local as we can'

Dutch brewer Heineken has entered Myanmar’s increasingly competitive beer market, opening a US$60 million brewery in a joint venture with a domestic partner at Hmawbi, about 30 miles north of Yangon. Lester Tan, the managing director of the APB ABC joint venture, spoke to Frontier about the company’s plans for Myanmar and its strategy for challenging Myanmar Beer’s dominant share of the market.

BY Oliver Slow

Affairs, Interview, Election 2015

NLD MP Daw Sandar Min: ‘We do not want to see marriage between Bengali people and Myanmar people’

Parliament has so far approved two of the four bills known as the protection of race and religion laws. The Health Care for Population Control Bill was signed into law by President U Thein Sein after receiving approval in May. Earlier this month approved the Inter-faith Marriage Bill and it was submitted to the President to be enacted.

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