Bangladesh’s interim government has lobbied successfully for an international conference on the Rohingya. But for ...
One moment Ko Aung Kyaw was riding home on his motorbike, the next moment he was being forcibly recruited into the Myanmar military. In Doh Athan this week we hear some dramatic stories of abductions ...
Would you be supportive if your partner joined the resistance forces? What if they left you to work and raise children alone? As the post-coup conflict drags on, separations like this can lead to ...
The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. For Burmese migrants who experienced the tsunami in southern Thailand, it has left a ...
The Kachin Independence Organization has seized a swathe of mineral rich territory on Myanmar’s border with China, but the group now has the tough task of running an ethnically diverse area mired in ...
Imagine a battle broke out around you but you were unable to flee. That’s what happened to thousands of inmates of Lashio Prison during the resistance offensive in July. Some of them spoke to Doh ...
Myanmar is steeped in trauma from past and present conflict and dictatorial rule – but with the breakdown of already meagre public health infrastructure since the 2021 coup, communities themselves are ...
What risks would you take to support your family? Domestic workers are often extremely vulnerable because their work is behind closed doors. Even more so when they are thousands of miles away from ...
December 26 will mark the 20th anniversary of the Indian ocean tsunami. Over 220,000 people were killed across 14 countries. In southern Thailand, Myanmar migrants were called “the forgotten victims” ...
This series explores Myanmar’s economic relationship with China. It is the story of decades of armed conflict, of valuable and contested natural resources in Myanmar’s borderlands, and of backroom ...
Frontier Myanmar is hiring a part-time editor to work two days a week on the award-winning Doh Athan human rights podcast and video series. The position is based in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, but ...