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Close ally of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi dies of leukaemia. A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a National League for Democracy source told Agence France-Presse, days after being released from junta custody on …
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Menstruation matters: Poor economy puts products out of reach. Runaway inflation has left many working class women in Myanmar unable to afford feminine hygiene products – putting their health at risk – while they must also contend with stigma and shame.
Goodbye, Ko Htet Wai | Frontier Myanmar
1 day ago · Frontier reporter Naw Betty Han remembers a friend and fellow exiled Myanmar journalist who died on October 5 in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. Like other Myanmar journalists in exile, I find it hard to accept that Ko Htet Wai is gone. He was a short, slender, youthful-looking man whom we would jokingly call big brother.
Army or prison: Forced recruitment in Myanmar’s towns and cities
January 5, 2024. The overstretched military is increasingly recruiting young men in urban areas against their will, often targeting them at night and threatening them with imprisonment. By FRONTIER. On the night of October 27 in the Mon State capital of Mawlamyine, a truck full of soldiers stopped Ko Wai Phyo* on his motorbike.
MYANMAR PROTESTS LIVE: Sixteen more killed as ... - Frontier …
Feb 21, 2021 · Keep tuning in for full coverage from the Frontier team as we report on ongoing demonstrations and strikes across the country against the February 1 coup, and the military government’s response.For liveblog updates prior to February 21, please visit this page.. By FRONTIER. UPDATE: Thursday, March 4, 11:00am
From mass disobedience to mass exit: CDM workers quit Myanmar
Oct 17, 2023 · Even after paying high smuggling fees, many end up in detention. Thai police regularly make mass arrests of Myanmar nationals being smuggled to Malaysia. “Thirteen people, including my CDM acquaintances, were arrested in a truck going to Malaysia in August,” said Ko Maung. “All are now in jail in Thailand.
Against the odds: The diary of a frontline medic, part two
Oct 9, 2024 · This was made even more difficult in the face of a steady stream of resistance fighters and civilians wounded by the military. In one particularly distressing case, an older woman arrived with her 19-year-old grandson following an airstrike on their village in the dead of night. The grandson’s injuries were severe, requiring our team of ...
Losing count: Chaotic census kicks off | Frontier Myanmar
5 days ago · The junta had just kicked off its nationwide census, deploying security teams to protect enumerators – often women teachers forced into service – against the backdrop of threats by resistance forces. One of those security teams had set up a 10-man checkpoint at the entrance of a ward in the working class West Hlaing Tharyar Township.
Deaths and repression sideline Aung San Suu Kyi's party ahead of ...
October 10, 2024. By AFP. Death, detention and dissolution have decimated Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party, easing the way for groups backed by Myanmar’s ruling military to claim victory at elections expected next year, analysts say. The death this week of National League for Democracy vice president U Zaw Myint Maung – a close ...
Anyar rising: Myanmar’s Dry Zone PDFs up the ante
Sep 13, 2024 · The attack on Natogyi was part of the opening salvo of the Myingyan District Special Operation – a series of coordinated attacks in the district’s Myingyan, Taung Tha, Natogyi and Ngazun townships in southwestern Mandalay Region in Myanmar’s central Dry Zone, also known as Anyar. The operation was launched by PDFs under the command of the ...