Andrew Nachemson
Digital Editor at Frontier Myanmar
Independent journalist | Politics, human rights, and Chinese development in SEA | Bylines @AJEnglish @washingtonpost @latimes @ForeignPolicy @NPR @guardian
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1 month ago |
foreignpolicy.com | Andrew Nachemson
Politics Military Internet restrictions and tight media controls initially limited footage of the destruction caused by a massive earthquake in central Myanmar last month. In one of the first videos to trickle out, captured in Mandalay region, a girl is buried up to her neck in rubble.
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2 months ago |
frontiermyanmar.net | Andrew Nachemson
By ANDREW NACHEMSON | FRONTIERHeadlight beams slashed through the dark as a caravan of barely functional motorbikes whined and sputtered up a dirt road carved into the side of a mountain. I clung tightly to the rear grab bars of one of the motorbikes as my driver swerved to avoid trees suddenly leaping into focus, at times careening dangerously close to the abyss gaping beyond the edge of the road.
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Jan 20, 2025 |
foreignpolicy.com | Andrew Nachemson
Military Security Southeast Asia KAYIN STATE, Myanmar—Htoo Naw was a commando in the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) for 20 years before retiring due to his health.
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Jan 11, 2025 |
flipboard.com | Andrew Nachemson
Smith has spent the last two months winding down the two federal criminal prosecutions of Donald Trump and had indicated he would resign before inauguration. Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after completing his work overseeing two federal prosecutions of Donald …
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Jan 10, 2025 |
aljazeera.com | Andrew Nachemson
Karen State, Myanmar - Thaw Hti was a tiny speck amid a march of hundreds of thousands that snaked its way through the streets of Yangon in 2021, demanding a return to democracy after the Myanmar military seized power. "We had signboards and they had guns," she said, recounting with bitterness the events of March 2021. In the intervening four years, much has changed for Thaw Hti and her generation in Myanmar.
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Recently back from Myanmar with a faction of the New Mon State Party, which broke from its parent organization to join the revolution one year ago. These photos taken on the road in Kyainseikgyi Township, Karen State. Stay tuned for more pics and reporting. https://t.co/VRvHSbl4YA
Recent territorial gains have fostered a spirit of optimism in the Karen National Liberation Army, even as Thailand and China turn the screws on opposition groups to try to force a ceasefire with the Myanmar military https://t.co/Z9Anb5jXWH
After five incredible years, I've made the very difficult decision to leave Frontier Myanmar to focus on some longer term projects and on-the-ground reporting ...including recently wrapping up a six-day trip to Karen State with the Karen National Liberation Army https://t.co/8qqLJRuoWY
