The March 28 earthquake rattled Myanmar’s fledgling insurance industry, with companies that offered quake coverage now obligated to pay out massive amounts of compensation in hard-hit Nay Pyi Taw and ...

လိင်စိတ်ခံယူမှုကွဲပြားသူ LGBT တွေဟာ ရှေးရိုးစွဲအယူတွေရှိနေတဲ့ မြန်မာလူမှုအသိုင်းအဝိုင်းမှာ ခွဲခြားဆက်ဆံမှုတွေကို မကြာခဏကြုံတွေ့ရပါတယ်။ ဒါပေမယ့်လည်း LGBT တွေဟာ စစ်အာဏာရှင်ပြုတ်ကျရေးအတွက် မတူညီတဲ့ ပုံစံ ...

Responsible business advocate Vicky Bowman talks to Frontier about the motives and risks of a new law issued by the junta for private security services. In February the junta, known as the State ...

Recent conflict has brought Myanmar’s biggest rare earth mining region under the control of the Kachin Independence Organization, yet it’s uncertain how it will handle the lucrative but ...

A supposed crackdown on cyber scam operations in Myawaddy Township has only masked their relocation, with the Kayin BGF and DKBA helping Chinese criminal syndicates set up shop farther south in Three ...

The Chin resistance has split into two rival coalitions, one of which has the backing of the powerful Arakan Army, while both are keen to engage Indian authorities across the border. Since the 2021 ...

As China steps up measures to protect its citizens, an industry dependent on human trafficking and forced labour is adapting by targeting new groups – with a focus on English speakers. This article ...

The depletion of mangrove forests in Tanintharyi Region has constrained the illicit crossborder trade, even as prices remain high, but small-scale producers in Myanmar’s deep south have few other ways ...

The regime has used blunt measures to try to control soaring gold prices, adding another layer to the precarious house of cards it’s built around Myanmar’s crumbling economy. Shwe Bon Thar Road in ...

Desperate migrant workers are increasingly heading for the Golden Triangle SEZ in Laos, whose illicit economy has apparent links to Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed group. While travellers pass ...

Tucked away in the mountains of western Cambodia are the remnants of a once-thriving Myanmar community known as the Kula, whose decline is a little-explored mystery involving gems, dreams and the ...

Since 2017, countries around the world have exported more than a million tonnes of plastic waste to Thailand, but recyclers, traders and environmental experts told Frontier that some of this plastic ...