Volume 6, Issue 5

July 23, 2020

Volume 6, Issue 5

Politicians in a region known for violence and drugs have outlined a vision for a new gambling mecca on Myanmar's border

2020 Election, News, Features

Uncertainty over how the Union Election Commission will regulate campaigning and voting to account for the pandemic is crippling the ability of parties and civil society groups to plan for the election.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

Business, Features

Stockpiling and loans: Myanmar’s rice sector resilient to COVID-19

COVID-19 hasn’t had a major impact on monsoon paddy planting, despite some farmers facing financial difficulties.

BY Kyaw Lin Htoon

2020 Election, Sithu Aung Myint, Opinion

USDP risks disorderly election by snubbing code of conduct

Ethical campaigning for this year’s election is no longer a certainty after the Union Solidarity and Development Party and its allies refused to sign a code of conduct.

BY Sithu Aung Myint

2020 Election, News

UEC ‘should postpone the election’ for fair vote: Thet Thet Khine

Frontier’s Ye Mon talks to Daw Thet Thet Khine about the People’s Pioneer Party and the upcoming election.

BY Ye Mon

Business, Features

Expats eager to return, and biding their time

Foreign investors and staff who were outside Myanmar when commercial flights stopped in March are doing their best to manage businesses from afar but unsure when they’ll be able to return.

BY Thomas Kean

Travel, News, Business, Features

The Kokang casino dream

Local politicians in a border region known for its frequent outbreaks of violence hope to transform it into the “next Macau”.

BY Nanda

Business

Cyberspace swindlers prey on the credulous

Scammers are using Facebook to gather personal information from gullible users and defraud them through popular mobile money services.

BY Ye Mon

Features

Yangon students pitch in to stem big drop in blood donors

University students are volunteering to help the National Blood Center in Yangon stem a drastic decline in the number of people giving “the gift of life” during the pandemic.

BY Naw Betty Han

Opinion

The dire consequences of frozen conflicts

The growing risks to Myanmar’s peace process from “frozen” conflicts means that new strategies are needed.

BY Aung Naing Oo

Culture

Dubious legends

A television drama that extols the role of the Tatmadaw in Myanmar’s modern history is a failure of art and propaganda but provides insights into the psychology of the armed forces.

BY Frontier

2020 Election, Backpage, Opinion

Lessons from Lashio

A contentious vote in the northern Shan State capital in 2015 is a cautionary tale for election officials committed to making this year’s election free, fair and transparent.

BY Ye Mon

Uncategorized, Editorial, Opinion

The jade blame game

After more than four years in office, the NLD can no longer shift the blame to others for the environmental, economic and human disaster that is unfolding at Hpakant.

BY Frontier

2020 Election, News

An old controversy returns as govt gets the green light to campaign early

Critics say new campaign rules favour the NLD by allowing government officials to campaign, but confusion over the constitution enabled the USDP to do the same in 2015.

BY Frontier