What's Happening in Myanmar
Join journalists and experts discussing the biggest Myanmar news stories in this weekly show from the Frontier Myanmar podcast family. Reliable. Concise. Informative.
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Election Violence Hits Yangon & Shwe Kokko Raided
11/21/2025
Election Violence Hits Yangon & Shwe Kokko Raided
With Joseph Young, Daily Briefing newsletter writer for Frontier Myanmar. This week on episode 54 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Karen National Liberation Army takes another border town, the Philippines announces its 2026 ASEAN special envoy on Myanmar, the military raids the Shwe Kokko scam compound, and we talk about China’s influence on northern Shan State and what’s behind the military’s moves in Myawaddy. Email the show at Timecodes— (00:00) Opening (01:16) Election violence hits Yangon (03:21) New ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar (04:13) KNLA takes Maw Taung & military Magway rampage (06:22) With Joseph Young, the scam raids & updates (21:00) China’s peace deals & Mogok (31:35) Close Our guests— Joseph Young, Daily Briefing newsletter writer at Frontier Myanmar New original content on the Frontier website:
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U.S. Scam Task Force & Rohingya Boat Tragedy
11/15/2025
U.S. Scam Task Force & Rohingya Boat Tragedy
With Khin Hnin Phyu Soe, freelance journalist. This week on episode 53 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the US steps up its fight against scams in Southeast Asia as the regime continues its demolitions at KK Park, another Rohingya boat tragedy occurs, the military kills over 20 civilians in its attacks around the country, and we discuss the increase in underage girls marrying to avoid conscription. Email the show at Timecodes— (00:00) Opening (00:59) U.S. anti-scam task force and KK park in limbo (04:30) Rohingya boat tragedy off Langkawi (05:52) Conflict updates and civilian deaths (09:05) With Khin Hnin Phyu Soe, underage marriage (14:05) Options for avoiding conscription (27:27) Close Our guests— Khin Hnin Phyu Soe, freelance journalist. New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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The Future of Mogok & Murmurings on Myitsone
11/07/2025
The Future of Mogok & Murmurings on Myitsone
With Laur Kiik, Burma studies researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo. This week on episode 52 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military detains civilians for supposedly criticising its so-called elections, the fallout from demolitions at KK Park scam compound increases, and we discuss livelihoods at the Myitsone confluence in Kachin State—including the likelihood of the Myitsone dam hydropower project being resumed. Email the show at Timecodes— (00:00) Opening (01:02) KK park demolition fallout (02:36) Military advances and Mogok in suspension (04:20) Detention of election “critics” (05:58) With Laur Kiik, Myitsone suspension (13:26) Myitsone villages (28:53) Gold mining at Myitsone (38:28) Close Our guests— Laur Kiik, Burma Studies researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oslo. New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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TNLA Signs Ceasefire
10/31/2025
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 more election updates, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army signs a ceasefire ceding Mogok and Mongmit to the military, and we discuss religious freedom in Myanmar since the 2021 coup. Email the show at Timecodes— (00:00) Opening (01:45) ASEAN summit leads nowhere (02:24) Election updates (06:11) Ta’ang National Liberation Army ceasefire (08:28) With Aung Khant, religious freedom in Myanmar (18:20) FoRB Network Myanmar’s report (28:17) Religion in Myanmar, and ethnicity (33:18) Muslim suffering after Sagaing earthquake Our guests— Aung Khant, Coordinator of the Myanmar Freedom of Religion or Belief Network New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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Scammers' Starlink Stopped & Summit Preview
10/24/2025
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 restrictions, SpaceX cuts off Starlink for scammers, and we discuss the upcoming ASEAN summit scheduled for this weekend, U.S. and Chinese policy on Myanmar, and more. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m08s :: News round up, union members freed01m52s :: UEC restricts in-person election campaigning03m29s :: Scam raids, Starlink cut08m18s :: With Hunter Marson, China policy on Myanmar20m05s :: 47th ASEAN summit41m10s :: Close Our guests— , adjunct fellow (non-resident), Southeast Asia Program at the , and adjunct fellow with . New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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TNLA Losses, AA Gains, & a Scam Inflection Point?
10/19/2025
TNLA Losses, AA Gains, & a Scam Inflection 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 retakes Hsipaw and loses Nat Yay Kan, and we discuss human trafficking and the fallout of the scam crackdown from earlier this year. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m10s :: Election updates 04m07s :: Nat Yay Kan lost to AA 05m02s :: PDF prison breakout in Hakha 05m46s :: Hsipaw lost to the military 07m20s :: With Jacob Sims, TIP human trafficking report 18m55s :: Scams since the crackdown 23m48s :: Indictment of Chen Zhi 33m03s :: Income generation and substitution after the scams 40m05s :: Close Our guests— , visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Centre and expert on organised crime in Southeast Asia New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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Thadingyut Massacre
10/10/2025
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 Happening in Myanmar, the military massacres civilians at a Buddhist holiday commemoration, the Union Election Commission posts problematic voter lists, and we discuss the new ANFREL assessment report on the military’s planned elections. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m00s :: Announcement of new CEO01m48s :: Thadingyut massacre03m31s :: Sagaing & KIA conflict updates04m27s :: Election news06m15s :: With Tharindu & Amaël, new ANFREL election report27m13s :: India as an election observer31m08s :: ASEAN’s response to elections38m16s :: Close Our guests— Amaël Vier, election consultant and analyst Tharindu Abeyrathna, senior program officer for campaign and advocacy at the Asian Network for Free Elections New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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Kyaukme Falls & UN Rohingya Talks
10/03/2025
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 from Central Asia as his air force kills dozens of civilians across the country, and we discuss this week’s United Nations conference on the Rohingya along with Arakan Army leadership. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m06s :: News roundup04m05s :: With Carlos Sardiña Galache, the UN conference on the Rohingya09m53s :: The AA accuses the BGB of assisting Rohingya militants14m16s :: Twan Mrat Naing’s interview30m30s :: The NUG and the Rohingya38m21s :: Close Our guests— Carlos Sardiña Galache, author and digital editor at Frontier Myanmar His book: New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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Rethinking Aid as Sweden Drops Out
09/26/2025
Rethinking Aid as Sweden Drops Out
With Dustin Barter and Stella Naw, two co-authors of a new ODI report on humanitarianism and revolutionary state-building in Myanmar. This week on episode 46 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the resistance takes Banmauk, a Kachin Independence Army camp is hit with a precision airstrike, rights organisations react to Sweden ceasing development aid, and we discuss why international donors and humanitarian actors should engage with the new “pluralistic state” of Myanmar. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m19s :: News roundup 02m41s :: With Stella Naw & Dustin Barter, an aid rethink 16m21s :: The pluralistic state 25m54s :: Risk aversion and risk taking for aid 33m17s :: Recommendations for resistance 40m56s :: Close Our guests— , Senior Research Fellow in the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI Global , academic activist working on Indigenous and decolonial peacebuilding and governance practices And the reports under discussion: Plus, new original content on the Frontier website:
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The 4th Generation of Military Leaders
09/19/2025
The 4th Generation of Military Leaders
With Naing Min Khant, emerging researcher at the Institute for Strategy and Policy, Myanmar. This week on episode 45 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military regime makes gains in Bhamo, the air force bombs and kills dozens of students at a high school, the Union Election Commission declares 56 townships will not be part of December’s so-called elections, and we discuss the likelihood of change within the Myanmar military’s leadership, as the fourth generation of officers eye off the top job. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m06s :: News roundup02m41s :: With Naing Min Khant, the military’s leadership10m19s :: How does change happen15m22s :: Min Aung Hlaing’s popularity in the military24m12s :: Anti-China sentiment 48m37s :: Close Our guests— Naing Min Khant, emerging researcher at And the ISP-Myanmar report under discussion: Plus, new original content on the Frontier website: Tweet: This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, regime gains in Bhamo, air force bombs kill dozens of students sheltering in a high school in Kyauktaw Township, and ISP-Myanmar’s Naing Min Khant talks about the prospects for the upcoming fourth generation of Myanmar military leadership.
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Military Electoral Machinery
09/11/2025
Military Electoral Machinery
With Michael Lidauer, an international elections expert with experience in Myanmar since 2010. This week on episode 44 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Kayin State Border Guard Force declares its support for the military’s elections, as its leaders and associates are sanctioned by the United States for facilitating the scam industry, and we discuss the technical aspects of the military running polls at the end of the year. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m34s :: News roundup03m01s :: With Michael Lidauer, the 2020 elections10m37s :: Military’s planned 2025 elections14m54s :: The Union Election Commission19m41s :: Electoral system change to PR28m20s :: Political parties 39m02s :: Observers46m21s :: Close Our guests— , international elections expert New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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The Anti-Sham Election Campaign
09/06/2025
The Anti-Sham Election Campaign
With Nandar, member of the Generations Solidarity Coalition of Nationalities, and participant in the anti-sham elections campaign. This week on episode 43 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is in China, while at home his military continues its offensives killing civilians, revolutionaries try to prevent the region from accepting the legitimacy of the military’s planned elections, and we discuss the Anti-Sham Election Campaign’s aims and strategies. Email the show at Timecodes— 02m03s :: News roundup 05m16s :: With Nandar, the Anti-Sham Election Campaign 15m26s :: Legitimacy 28m11s :: Close Our guests— Nandar, from the Generations Solidarity Coalition Nationalities New original content on the Frontier website: Further referenced this episode:
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Military's General Elections Confirmed
08/29/2025
Military's General Elections Confirmed
With Nicholas Coppel, former Australian ambassador to Myanmar and president of the Australia Myanmar Institute. This week on episode 42 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military captures two mines from resistance forces, the historic Gokteik viaduct sustains major damage, and we discuss the consequences of the military’s planned elections starting on December 28. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m31s :: Conflict updates 05m16s :: With Nicholas Copperl, the military elections 25m25s :: Is it all about Min Aung Hlaing? 33m43s :: The military’s plans post-election 38m04s :: Close Our guests— , former Australian ambassador to Myanmar from 2015 to 2018, honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne, and president of the Australia Myanmar Institute. His latest publication:
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Union Members Sent to Insein & UWSA Bows to China
08/23/2025
Union Members Sent to Insein & UWSA Bows to China
With Stephen Campbell, associate professor in Social Sciences at Nanyang Technological University, and Joseph Young, Daily Briefing writer at Frontier Myanmar. This week on episode 41 of What’s Happening in Myanmar, massive airstrikes occur around the country as the military continues offensives, and we discuss union members being sent to Insein prison, and the UWSA’s declaration of non-assistance after admitting pressure from China. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m52s :: Union members sent to Insein02m55s :: With Stephen Campbell, the STUM and Myo Myo Aye 15m25s :: Economic agenda before the coup21m13s :: With Joseph Young, conflict and UWSA statement38m58s :: Close Our guests— , associate professor, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University And Joseph Young, daily briefing writer for Frontier Myanmar Other new content on the Frontier website: Check out the of Doh Athan, Frontier’s podcast on human rights issues in Myanmar.
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Bhamo Eight Months Later
08/15/2025
Bhamo Eight Months Later
With Hka San Lwi, editor-in-chief of . This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, major ethnic armed organisations make statements on peace and war, the military presses its advantage right across the country, and we discuss why the struggle for Bhamo remains the most consequential battle for the revolution going forward. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m18s :: News roundup 05m09s :: With Hka San Lwi, continuing fighting for Bhamo 27m52s :: Flash flooding in Laiza 28m35s :: Close Our guests— Hka San Lwi, editor-in-chief of New content on the Frontier website:
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Pressure on Kachin Rare Earth Mines
08/08/2025
Pressure on Kachin Rare Earth Mines
With Emily Fishbein, freelance journalist currently serving as a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow, and Hpan Ja Brang, social justice activist and freelance journalist from Kachinland. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the TNLA 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. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m04s :: TNLA put on the defensive 02m26s :: Arakan Army allows Starlink 05m16s :: With Emily Fishbein and Hpan Ja Brang, the Pangwa mining pause 33m50s :: Holding the KIO to account 42m43s :: Close Our guests— , freelance journalist currently serving as a Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow , social justice activist and freelance journalist from Kachinland Their feature story: Other new content on the Frontier website:
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Groundwork for Military Elections & River Pollution
08/01/2025
Groundwork for Military Elections & River Pollution
With Pai Deetes, Southeast Asia Program Regional Campaigns Director at International Rivers. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military regime lifts the state of emergency and enacts new laws for elections, making coup leader Min Aung Hlaing the temporary acting president, and we discuss the transboundary water contamination from mines in Myanmar affecting northern Thailand. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m50s :: News round up 02m30s :: Military groundwork for elections 06m34s :: U.S. sanctions lifted and rare earth lobbying 09m23s :: With Pai Deetes, contamination of northern Thai rivers 32m22s :: Escalating the issue to regional fora 38m58s :: Close Our guest— Pai Deetes, the Southeast Asia Program Regional Campaigns Director at International Rivers New content on the Frontier website:
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The Myanmar Defence and Security Institute
07/24/2025
The Myanmar Defence and Security Institute
With Dr Kid, communications officer of the Myanmar Defence and Security Institute. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military takes back Thabeikkyin, while giving out rice and detaining suspects in Nawnghkio, and we discuss how soldiers who escape the army are working to expose the regime’s weaknesses and defeat the military. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m04s :: Nawnghkio under military rule02m10s :: Thabeikkyin retaken 04m14s :: With Dr Kid, the Myanmar Defence and Security Institute13m04s :: Changes in military command structure33m42s :: Being a CDM soldier in 202541m56s :: Close Our guest— Dr Kid, communications officer of the Its reports on and the New content on the Frontier website:
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Ek Khaale for the Rohingya
07/17/2025
Ek Khaale for the Rohingya
With Greg Constantine, documentary photographer. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military marches into Nawnghkio, and we discuss the history and identity of the Rohingya community through the lens of the new Ek Khaale exhibition. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m57s :: Nawnghkio taken by military03m06s :: With Greg Constantine, the Ek Khaale exhibition19m51s :: The Rohingya and history as a chain reaction37m20s :: Close Our guest— The exhibition online: New content on the Frontier website:
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Debrief with Dunant and Thu Thu Aung
07/12/2025
Debrief with Dunant and Thu Thu Aung
With outgoing Frontier Myanmar editor-in-chief Ben Dunant and incoming editor-in-chief Thu Thu Aung. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, our two editors talk about Frontier and the Myanmar media landscape as Thu Thu takes the reigns from Ben, who is moving on after seven years at Frontier. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m51s :: Introducing Thu Thu Aung04m35s :: Ben being a foreign journalist before the coup07m01s :: Thu Thu’s career 19m06s :: Ben as editor-in-chief in exile28m08s :: Frontier’s 10th birthday28m56s :: Close Our guests— New content on the Frontier website: Other Frontier reports mentioned in this episode:
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Child Soldiers in the Spotlight
07/04/2025
Child Soldiers in the Spotlight
With Shayna Bauchner, Asia researcher for Human Rights Watch, and Thiri, an independent researcher. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, Belarus support for the Myanmar air force is exposed, another jet goes down, and we discuss the surge in the use of child soldiers by the State Administration Council. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m28s :: Belarus helps Myanmar air force 03m04s :: Another jet down 04m30s :: With Shayna Bauchner and Thiri, child soldiers in the military 25m01s :: Child soldiers resisting the military 31m31s :: Close Our guests— Thiri, an independent researcher working with the same organisation Other reports mentioned in this episode:
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Widespread Wage Gains for Garment Workers
06/28/2025
Widespread Wage Gains for Garment Workers
With Ya Nwe, Frontier Myanmar journalist. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, gains to workers’ wages widen with momentum from May Day, and coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing gives a peace performance in earthquake-devastated Nay Pyi Taw. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m21s :: Peace Conference and Belarus 04m39s :: With Ya New, Tsang Yih strikes, wage gains, and ILO convention 18m00s :: Lack of SAC and police interference 23m11s :: Future goals for the labour movement 25m02s :: Close Our guests— Ya Nwe, journalist with Frontier Myanmar And new content on the website:
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Rohingya Armed Groups Organise
06/20/2025
Rohingya Armed Groups Organise
With Thomas Kean, senior consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh with International Crisis Group. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the Arakan Army tightens its noose and expands its buffer zone as soldiers defect in Kyaukphyu and Ngape, and we discuss Rohingya armed group organizing in the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m10s :: The Arakan Army’s dominant position05m23s :: With Tom Kean, Rohingya armed group organising17m46s :: Dire conditions in Bangladesh refugee camps31m31s :: Close Our guests— Thomas Kean, senior consultant for Myanmar and Bangladesh with International Crisis Group And new content on the website:
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Administrating Ta'ang Land
06/13/2025
Administrating Ta'ang Land
With Lway Noon, a Ta’ang activist and researcher, and Francesco Buscemi, post-doctoral fellow in geography at the University of Bologna. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, a jet fighter shot down, fresh hopes for Myanmar workers, and we talk about the new administration in Ta’ang National Liberation Army territory. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m10s :: New ILO resolution03m05s :: Jet fighter downed05m18s :: With Lway Noon & Francesco Buscemi, administrating Ta’ang Land51m01s :: Close Our guests— Francesco Buscemi, post-doctoral fellow in Geography at the University of Bologna: And Lway Noon, Ta’ang activist and researcher New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode: And also referenced in this episode:
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Resistance Victories on Thai Border
06/06/2025
Resistance Victories on Thai Border
With Tony Neil, PhD candidate in the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science and visiting fellow at the Australian National University, and Saw Day Hsi, a Karen researcher in Kawthoolei. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, floods affect the north and southwest, the Shangri La dialogue generates more politicospeak, and the Karen resistance makes big gains on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Timecodes— 01m19s :: Shangri La dialogue 02m50s :: Floods06m23s :: Karen resistance victories09m18s :: With Tony Neil & Saw Day Hsi, Karen resistance strategy39m17s :: Close Our guests— Saw Day Hsi, Karen researcher and Kawthoolei native, and Tony Neil, PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode: And also referenced in this episode:
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Malaysia's ASEAN Summit
05/30/2025
Malaysia's ASEAN Summit
With Dr. Monalisa Adhikari, senior lecturer in international politics at the University of Stirling. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, mass Rohingya drownings at sea, KNLA victories, TNLA defeats, and we discuss the negativity surrounding the recent ASEAN summit in Malaysia and its ineffectual statement on Myanmar. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m07s :: News roundup06m57s :: With Monalisa Adhikari, the ASEAN summit27m10s :: India and China working with ASEAN32m00s :: Peace processes in Myanmar37m46s :: Close Our guests— Monalisa Adhikari New original content on the Frontier website since our last episode: And also referenced in this episode:
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India's Assam Rifles Kill Ten from Tamu
05/22/2025
India's Assam Rifles Kill Ten from Tamu
With Angshuman Choudhury, doctoral candidate at the National University of Singapore and King's College London. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, thousands of workers successfully strike for better factory conditions, and we discuss the murky killing of 10 Myanmar rebels by India’s Assam Rifles. Email the show at Timecodes— 01m02s :: Successful strike in Hlaingtharya West03m37s :: With Angshuman Choudhury, killings in Tamu21m50s :: India and the Rohingya29m18s :: Close Our guests— New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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Back to Russia & Schoolchildren Bombed
05/15/2025
Back to Russia & Schoolchildren Bombed
With Richard Horsey, senior Myanmar adviser at the International Crisis Group. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military kills dozens of civilians in multiple major air strikes across the country, coup leader Min Aung Hlaing visits Russia again, and we discuss Myanmar’s relationship with that country. Email the show at Timecodes— 00m55s :: Air strikes kill children and civilians03m37s :: With Richard Horsey, Min Aung Hlaing’s jubilance09m35s :: The Myanmar-Russia relationship30m32s :: Close Our guests— Richard Horsey, Senior Myanmar Adviser at the International Crisis Group. New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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TNLA Tensions & Rebel Economies
05/08/2025
TNLA Tensions & Rebel Economies
With Jared Bissinger, a visiting fellow at the Myanmar Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and research lead at Catalyst Economics. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, eyes are still on northern Shan State as the military pressures the TNLA after retaking Lashio, and we discuss how armed groups in Myanmar run their economies. Email the show at Join the Frontier team! We’re seeking a Managing Editor to help lead our newsroom. Find out more Timecodes— 01m09s :: Northern Shan State news06m40s :: With Jared Bissinger, non-state actors’ economic governance42m11s :: Close Our guest— Jared Bissinger, a visiting fellow at the Myanmar Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and research lead at Catalyst Economics. His ISEAS and Singapore work: New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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One Month After the Quake
05/02/2025
One Month After the Quake
With Htet Aung, a journalist with Frontier Myanmar. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, the military floats moving its damaged ministries back to Yangon while killing hundreds of people in the month since the March 28 earthquake, and we discuss the challenges of reporting on the quake and its devastating aftermath in Mandalay and Sagaing. Email the show at Join the Frontier team! We’re seeking a Managing Editor to help lead our newsroom. Find out more Timecodes— 01m15s :: A month after the quake05m56s :: With Htet Aung, reporting on the quake16m30s :: Naypyitaw and damaged ministries22m50s :: Close Our guests— Htet Aung, independent journalist, and regular contributor to our newsletters and features New content on the Frontier website since our last episode:
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