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.

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Myanmar is facing severe economic challenges, with commodity prices surging and shortages occurring due to the junta’s closure of border crossings and air freight restrictions. Ordinary citizens and small-scale traders are struggling with rising costs and dwindling supplies.

Myanmar’s military razed Rohingya villages and farmland in northern Rakhine State in “a coordinated and organized operation” to strip the minority of land rights, a United Nations’ independent investigative body said.

AFP | Six Myanmar war widows speak softly of their grief as they walk inside the crumbling walls of Mandalay Palace, fresh arrivals in an earthquake-wracked city strained anew by conflict.

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, resistance gains in Banmauk, a KIA training base is bombed, rights organisations lament Sweden’s development aid cessation, and Dustin Barter and Stella Naw discuss their new report on aid for the pluralistic state in Myanmar.

OPINION | As the world order disintegrates, the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar needs to innovate and forge international alliances with like-minded movements to defeat the regime, argues David Scott Mathieson.

Abortion carries a strong social stigma and is illegal in Myanmar, pushing many women to seek it in Thailand or, for those who cannot afford travelling to the neighbouring country, the use of dangerous pills bought on TikTok.

DOH ATHAN PODCAST | Myanmar nationals who have spent years in refugee camps in Thailand awaiting resettlement in the United States now face increased depression and other mental health issues since President Donald Trump halted his country’s refugee programs.

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, regime gains in Bhamo, airstrike kills dozens of students in a high school in Kyauktaw, and ISP-Myanmar’s Naing Min Khant talks about the upcoming fourth generation of the military leadership.

Frustrated by a lack of institutional accountability, internet users in Myanmar are increasingly turning to social media to raise awareness – and air grievances – about perceived injustice.

Q&A | Economic analyst U Thet Zaw talks to Frontier about trade restrictions imposed last month by the military regime, and how they are leading to shortages and steep increases in the price of consumer goods. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

ကမ္ဘာ့ပါဝါ အခင်းအကျင်းသစ်ပေါ်တွင် စစ်ကော်မရှင်သည် ၎င်းတို့နှင့် မထိုက်တန်သော တရားဝင်မှုကို ရရှိအောင် ကြိုးပမ်းလာပြီး အာဏာရှင်နိုင်ငံအချို့ကလည်း စစ်ခေါင်းဆောင် မင်းအောင်လှိုင်ကို ပိုမို တံခါးဖွင့် ကြိုဆိုလာနေသည်။

In May the NUG ordered schools in areas under its control to close until security measures could be implemented to protect against junta airstrikes, but many villages lack the funds to make the changes, leaving children without access to education. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

AFP | An official from Myanmar’s junta-stacked Union Election Commission said on Thursday that the results of its upcoming and widely disputed national poll were expected by the end of January next year. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the US sanctions key members of the Kayin State Border Guard Force, and Myanmar elections expert Michael Lidauer runs through what we can expect from the military’s performative polls.

DOH ATHAN | On May 12 the junta conducted an airstrike on a school in Oh Tein Twin village in Sagaing Region, killing more than 20 students and leaving the survivors, many of whom suffered severe injuries, to deal with lingering psychological and physical trauma.

Q&A | Mon Unity Party spokesperson Nai Than Shwe talks to Frontier about strategic and security challenges the party is facing in preparing for the upcoming election organised by the regime.

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, Min Aung Hlaing visits China as his military continues its offensives at home, and Generations Solidarity Coalition of Nationalities member Nandar discusses the anti-sham election campaign’s aims and strategies.

Many resistance groups have vowed to disrupt the regime’s poll, widely considered to be a sham aimed at maintaining the military’s grip on power, and civilians forced to serve as poll workers fear getting caught in the crossfire.

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OPINION | The regime is taking advantage of an international order in decline to claim a legitimacy it doesn’t deserve – with authoritarian states in the Global South increasingly opening their doors to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, argues David Mathieson.

AFP | The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is worsening, the United Nations said Tuesday, decrying scenes reminiscent of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority that some countries deemed a genocide. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

ညီနောင်မဟာမိတ် ၃ ဖွဲ့ ထိန်းချုပ်ထားတဲ့ ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်မြောက်ပိုင်းဒေသကို အရှိန်အဟုန်နဲ့ ဝင်ရောက်လာတဲ့ တရုတ်လုပ်ငန်းရှင်တွေကြောင့် ဒေသခံပြည်သူတွေ စီးပွားလုပ်ကိုင်ဖို့ ခက်ခဲလာပြီး နယ်မြေမတည်ငြိမ်မှုတွေကြား စားဝတ်နေရေးအတွက် ရုန်းကန်နေကြရပါတယ်။

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military captures two mines from resistance forces, the historic Gokteik viaduct is badly damaged, and former Australian ambassador Nicholas Coppel discusses the consequences of a military election.

Q&A | Prominent trade unionist and president of the labour federation Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar Daw Myo Myo Aye speaks with Frontier in the wake of several labour victories in Yangon’s factories and before her arrest by the junta.

AFP | A Myanmar junta airstrike on a town controlled by the Arakan Army in hunger-ravaged Rakhine State killed at least 12 people, witnesses of the overnight bombing said on Tuesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

AFP | Bangladesh on Monday is holding talks aimed at addressing the plight of Rohingya refugees, even as fresh arrivals cross over from war-torn Myanmar and shrinking aid flows deepen the crisis.

This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, massive airstrikes occur around the country, and we discuss trade union members being sent to Insein prison and the UWSA’s declaration of non-assistance after admitting pressure from China.

The March 28 earthquake in central Myanmar killed hundreds of Muslims and damaged many mosques, and survivors are forced to pray in makeshift shelters while waiting for permits to rebuild their houses of worship. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

AFP | Myanmar’s junta said Wednesday its troops have captured Demoso town in Kayah State, clawing back resistance-contested territory as it prepares to stage an election in December. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

PHOTOGALLERY | Photojournalist Hkun Li documented the aftermath of deadly floods in Kachin State’s Waingmaw Township, an area already plagued by conflict and crippling blockades by the regime and China. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar

AFP | Myanmar’s junta said Monday that long-promised elections will start on December 28, despite a raging civil war that has put much of the country out of its control, and international monitors slating the poll as a charade.

DOH ATHAN | Since the March 28 earthquake in central Myanmar, the junta has denied permission for damaged mosques in hard-hit areas to be repaired or rebuilt, and authorities have even indicated that some of the mosques will be permanently closed.

AFP | People in Rakhine State have been driven to scavenging for bamboo shoots, as humanitarian workers warn a wartime blockade and aid cutbacks led by Washington have caused hunger cases to surge. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, ethnic armed groups make statements on peace and war, the military presses its advantage, and we discuss why the struggle for Bhamo is one of the most consequential battles for the revolution.

Over the past decade, the military-aligned warlord and his associates amassed wealth from Kachin State’s rare earth mining boom until the Kachin Independence Army took their territory last year, but that hasn’t prevented them from continuing to do business.

Small business owners in areas of northern Shan State controlled by the Three Brotherhood Alliance are struggling to survive a surge of Chinese investment amid the complex economic shifts occurring in the restive border region.

AFP | One of Myanmar’s most conflict-ravaged states has witnessed a “dramatic rise in hunger” after United States aid cuts pushed by President Donald Trump during a punishing civil war, the World Food Programme said Tuesday.

လိုင်စင်မဲ့မော်တော်ယာဥ်နှိမ်နင်းရေးအတွက် မူဝါဒအမှားများ နှင့် အကျင့်ပျက်ခြစားမှုများကို မဖြေရှင်းဘဲ လက်ဝယ်ထားသုံးစွဲသူကို ဖမ်းဆီးအရေးယူခြင်းမှာ နင်းပြား ပြည်သူများကိုသာ အတိဒုက္ခ ကျရောက်စေလျက်ရှိသည်။

This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the TNLA is pushed firmly on the defensive, the Arakan Army permits Starlink registrations in war-torn Rakhine State, and we discuss the KIA’s resumption of rare earth mining around Pangwa town in Kachin State.

As Rakhine – one of Myanmar’s poorest states – comes under nearly complete control by the Arakan Army, residents are getting squeezed from all sides by the region’s worsening economic crisis.

The March 28 earthquake damaged many of the historic monasteries and pagodas that have made Inwa one of Myanmar’s most popular tourist draws, and tour guides are struggling to survive as the regime delays repairs to the broken monuments.

DOH ATHAN | Officials on the take have long been a scourge in Myanmar. There’s anecdotal evidence that since the 2021 military coup, demands by police, soldiers and civil servants for bribes, tea money and kickbacks have become even more blatant.

မုံရွာမြို့မှာ ပြန်ပေးဆွဲခံရမှုတွေ အဖြစ်များနေပြီး ကျုးလွန်သူတွေက ကလေးငယ်တွေကို ပိုမိုပစ်မှတ်ထား ဖမ်းဆီးကာ မိသားစုဆီကနေ ငွေရရှိရေး ခြိမ်းခြောက် တောင်းယူနေကြပါတယ်။

Nearly 10 months after the Kachin Independence Army seized Pangwa town in Kachin State, the lucrative industry is coming under increasing pressure to resume.

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, we discuss how water pollution from Shan State rare earth mines threatens people in northern Thailand with International Rivers Regional Campaigns Director Pai Deetes. whimyanmar.com/groundwork-f...

AFP | The Myanmar junta ended its state of emergency on Thursday, ramping up plans for a December election that opposition groups pledged to boycott and monitors said will be used to consolidate the military's power.

The Myanmar regime has launched a campaign to confiscate unlicensed cars and motorcycles, depriving owners who can’t afford licensed vehicles of essential transport, while avoiding tackling the corruption and policies that make legal vehicles too expensive for most people.

အရည်အသွေးမြင့် ကုန်ကြမ်းနှင့် ကျွမ်းကျင်လုပ်သား ရှားပါးမှုတို့အပြင် အကျင့်ပျက်ခြစားမှုများကြောင့် ငလျင်အလွန် ပြန်လည် တည်ဆောက်ရေးမှာ ကြန့်ကြာနေသည်။

AFP | Myanmar’s junta claimed on Thursday to have ousted resistance forces from a gold mining hub after a year-long battle, its second declared recapture of a key town in a week. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar