Frontier Myanmar

03/11/2025

In today's newsletter, the Thai military says over 1,500 foreigners have fled to Thailand from cyber scam compounds in KK Park, the chair of the People's Pioneer Party Thet Thet Khaing appeals the junta Union Election Commission's decision to bar her candidacy in the regime's election and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army has reportedly withdrawn its troops from the Mandalay Region town of Mogok.

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03/11/2025

This week on our podcast What’s Happening in Myanmar: ASEAN dithers once again, the UEC announces election updates, the TNLA signs a ceasefire ceding Mogok and Mongmit to the military, and faith rights advocate Aung Khant discusses religious freedom in Myanmar since the 2021 coup.

31/10/2025

The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in international aid that have halted most efforts to mitigate the effects of such disasters.

27/10/2025

OPINION | A recent high-level conference at the United Nations failed to chart a path to solve the Rohingya crisis, while the need for international commitment and a comprehensive approach is more acute than ever, argues Laetitia van den Assum.

24/10/2025

The junta’s conscription drive has been targeting men since early last year, but with reports spreading that women’s names are now being collected, some underage girls are getting married – with their parents’ blessing – as a means to shield themselves from the draft.

24/10/2025

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the UEC announces campaigning restrictions, SpaceX cuts off Starlink for scammers, and adjunct fellow at CSIS Hunter Marston comments on the upcoming ASEAN summit’s prospects for progress on Myanmar.

23/10/2025

AFP | SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink internet devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said Wednesday, after Agence France-Presse revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry.

22/10/2025

The winner of the Members' Award in our photo contest Struggles and Resilience of Myanmar is Ko Kaung for his photogallery Surviving amid crisis and danger, a poignant depiction of survival and resilience in the face of natural disasters across Myanmar. The British Embassy Yangon funded this competition for Myanmar photographers.

This outstanding work will be exhibited at Greenhouse, our co-working space in Chiang Mai, on October 24-26. Don't miss the opening night on Friday, October 24, 5pm.

22/10/2025

The winners of the Judges Award in our photo contest Struggles and Resilience of Myanmar are Ei Thandar Aung and Myo Htet Hla Thaw for their photogallery The dream of the Yaw youth, a powerful depiction of resistance in the Yaw region of Magway. The British Embassy Yangon funded this competition for Myanmar photographers.

This outstanding work will be exhibited at Greenhouse, our co-working space in Chiang Mai, on October 24-26. Don't miss the opening night on Friday, October 24, 5pm.

20/10/2025

The Union Solidarity and Development Party is already campaigning for the junta’s upcoming election, leveraging its military connections to gain an unfair advantage and leaving other parties struggling to compete.

20/10/2025

AFP | Myanmar’s junta raided one of the country’s most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices, it said Monday, after an Agence France-Presse investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market.

19/10/2025

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Hsipaw but loses Nat Yay Kan, and visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Centre Jacob Sims discusses the scourge of human trafficking and scam centres in Myanmar.

With Jacob Sims, visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Centre. This week on episode 49 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, election campaign updates and voter list concerns, the military retakes Hsipaw and loses Nat Yay Kan, and we discuss human trafficking and the fallout of the scam cr...