Fierce opposition to the 2021 coup has left vast areas of the Anyar region in central Myanmar under resistance control. The villagers’ response to military raids finds expression in many ways, from ...

A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the ...

Fear of food shortages has gripped at least one of the camps in Sagaing Region’s Tamu Township that mainly houses Kuki, a group that lives on both sides of the border with India. Some Kuki complain ...

The AA’s offensives into neighbouring regions together with its resistance allies have brought Myanmar’s civil war to new corners of the country – and put the group within striking distance of key ...

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 ...

The Mon resistance has entered the post-coup conflict but still has a long way to go to replicate the success of other groups, starting with forging unity in a fractured landscape. Headlight beams ...

Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for repatriation to have any chance of moving forward, organisers need to consider the ...

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 ...

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 Myanmar military’s conscription law has sparked a mass exodus of young people, further buffeting an already struggling economy and incentivising child labour to fill the gaps. When the junta ...

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 ...