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The Myanmar military’s raid on KK Park resulted in thousands of arrests and confiscation of illegal equipment, but analysts say the operation was an empty spectacle by the junta to create the impression it was cracking down on the scam industry.
PR ploy: Junta scam centre raid changes little
The Myanmar military’s raid on KK Park resulted in thousands of arrests and confiscation of illegal equipment, but analysts say the operation was an empty spectacle by the junta to create the impressi...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The Myanmar military’s raid on KK Park resulted in thousands of arrests and confiscation of illegal equipment, but analysts say the operation was an empty spectacle by the junta to create the impression it was cracking down on the scam industry.
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 ...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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 ...
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This week on our podcast What’s Happening in Myanmar: ASEAN dithers once again, the UEC announces election updates, the TNLA signs a ceasefire, and faith rights advocate Aung Khant discusses religious freedom in Myanmar since the 2021 coup.
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What's Happening in Myanmar: TNLA Signs Ceasefire
With Aung Khant, coordinator of the Myanmar Freedom of Religion or Belief Network. This week on episode 51 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN dithers once again, the military’s UEC announces m...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This week on our podcast What’s Happening in Myanmar: ASEAN dithers once again, the UEC announces election updates, the TNLA signs a ceasefire, and faith rights advocate Aung Khant discusses religious freedom in Myanmar since the 2021 coup.
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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.
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‘Living in fear of the sky’: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh battle environmental crisis
The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in
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November 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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.
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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.
Searching for solutions for the Rohingya
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 ev...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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.
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.
Early to wed: Myanmar girls marry to avoid military service
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...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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.
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.
What's Happening in Myanmar: Scammers' Starlink Stopped & Summit Preview
With Hunter Marston, adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This week on episode 50 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the UEC announces election campaigning restricti...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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.
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.
SpaceX cuts off 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centres
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 ...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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.
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.
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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 winners of the Judges Award in Frontier's 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.
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The winners of the Judges Award in Frontier's 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 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.
‘The ending is already known’: USDP gets head start on election campaign
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 strugglin...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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.
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.
Myanmar junta says raided scam compound, seized 30 Starlink receivers
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...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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.
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.
What's Happening in Myanmar: TNLA Losses, AA Gains, & a Scam Inflexion Point?
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 retak...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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.
DOH ATHAN | Security concerns in the midst of the post-coup civil war have made it difficult for women in Myanmar’s central plains to travel outside of their villages for jobs, while those who do work face pay gaps between what they earn and the much higher wages men earn for similar work.
Women in central Myanmar struggle with low wages
Security concerns in the midst of the post-coup civil war have made it difficult for women in Myanmar’s central plains to travel outside of their villages for jobs, while those who do work face pay ga...
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October 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
DOH ATHAN | Security concerns in the midst of the post-coup civil war have made it difficult for women in Myanmar’s central plains to travel outside of their villages for jobs, while those who do work face pay gaps between what they earn and the much higher wages men earn for similar work.
OPINION | The United States has designated Myanmar and Cambodia as state sponsors of human trafficking – a dubious honour that demands more than polite concern from the international community, argues Jacob Sims.
Two paths to the bottom: When states become sponsors of human trafficking
The United States has designated Myanmar and Cambodia as state sponsors of human trafficking – a dubious honour that demands more than polite concern from the international community.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
OPINION | The United States has designated Myanmar and Cambodia as state sponsors of human trafficking – a dubious honour that demands more than polite concern from the international community, argues Jacob Sims.
AFP | They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France-Presse investigation can reveal.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown – using Musk's Starlink
They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
AFP | They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France-Presse investigation can reveal.
In early June, United States President Donald Trump announced a visa ban on 12 countries, including Myanmar, derailing the plans of many students who were already far along the rigorous process of attending school in the country.
‘I don’t know what comes next’: US visa ban quashes Myanmar students’ dreams
In early June, United States President Donald Trump announced a visa ban on 12 countries, including Myanmar, derailing the plans of many students who were already far along the rigorous process of att...
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October 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
In early June, United States President Donald Trump announced a visa ban on 12 countries, including Myanmar, derailing the plans of many students who were already far along the rigorous process of attending school in the country.
AFP | Rarely a week passes without civilians being killed in a mass-casualty bombing, often of schools or monasteries occupied by children or monks, and sometimes also sheltering people already displaced by fighting.
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Regime airstrikes force youth into bunker schools
Rarely a week passes without civilians being killed in a mass-casualty bombing, often of schools or monasteries occupied by children or monks, and sometimes also sheltering people already displaced by...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
AFP | Rarely a week passes without civilians being killed in a mass-casualty bombing, often of schools or monasteries occupied by children or monks, and sometimes also sheltering people already displaced by fighting.
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military massacres civilians at a Buddhist celebration, the UEC posts problematic voter lists, and election experts Amaël Vier and Tharindu Abeyrathna discuss a new report on the regime elections.
What's Happening in Myanmar: Thadingyut Massacre
With Amaël Vier, election consultant and analyst, and Tharindu Abeyrathna, senior program officer for campaign and advocacy at the Asian Network for Free Elections. This week on episode 48 of What’s H...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military massacres civilians at a Buddhist celebration, the UEC posts problematic voter lists, and election experts Amaël Vier and Tharindu Abeyrathna discuss a new report on the regime elections.
Conflict and a transportation blockade by the junta have led to widespread hunger in Rakhine State, leading residents to take desperate measures, from selling their own blood to killing themselves.
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‘Nothing you can do’: Spectre of starvation haunts Rakhine
Conflict and a transportation blockade by the junta have led to widespread hunger in Rakhine State, leading residents to take desperate measures, from selling their own blood to killing themselves.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Conflict and a transportation blockade by the junta have led to widespread hunger in Rakhine State, leading residents to take desperate measures, from selling their own blood to killing themselves.
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#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
AFP | A Myanmar regime airstrike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.
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Myanmar junta strike kills dozens at festival protest: residents
A Myanmar regime airstrike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AFP | A Myanmar regime airstrike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday.
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STATEMENT | Frontier has appointed Aung Htin Aung as new chief executive officer, to take over from founder Sonny Swe, who announced late last year he was stepping down after a decade at the helm.
Frontier appoints new CEO, as founder bows out
Frontier has appointed a new chief executive officer to take over from founder Sonny Swe, who announced late last year he was stepping down after a decade at the helm.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
STATEMENT | Frontier has appointed Aung Htin Aung as new chief executive officer, to take over from founder Sonny Swe, who announced late last year he was stepping down after a decade at the helm.
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Kyaukme, Min Aung Hlaing finishes his Central Asia visit, and author and Frontier digital editor Carlos Sardiña Galache talks through this week’s high-level UN conference on the Rohingya and Arakan Army leadership.
What's Happening in Myanmar: Kyaukme Falls & UN Rohingya Talks
With Carlos Sardiña Galache, author and Frontier Myanmar digital editor. This week on episode 47 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Kyaukme, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing returns fr...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Kyaukme, Min Aung Hlaing finishes his Central Asia visit, and author and Frontier digital editor Carlos Sardiña Galache talks through this week’s high-level UN conference on the Rohingya and Arakan Army leadership.
Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower pay than men.
Working for peanuts: The precarious lives of women in central Myanmar
Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower pay than men.
AFP | A Rohingya refugee who fled a military onslaught in northern Rakhine State along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending over seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority.
Rohingya tell UN of Myanmar bloodshed, suffering
A Rohingya refugee who fled a military onslaught in northern Rakhine State along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending over seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence a...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
AFP | A Rohingya refugee who fled a military onslaught in northern Rakhine State along with 750,000 others in 2017, spending over seven years in Bangladesh, described Tuesday the endless cycle of violence and exile facing the mostly Muslim minority.