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 week ago |
hyperallergic.com | Andrew Nachemson
KELANTAN, MALAYSIA — A puppet with flowing hair and a sharp-toothed grin came soaring into view as background singers shrieked, cackled, and whooped. Illya Sumanto spread her arms wide, making the beautiful ghost Pontianak glide across the screen, surfing on a banana. “To play Wayang, you need big movements, but traditionally, women [in Southeast Asia] were expected to be small, moving gracefully,” Sumanto told Hyperallergic.
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2 weeks ago |
thediplomat.com | Andrew Nachemson
The NUG’s close association with the ousted NLD government has prevented it from bringing the country’s various armed groups under a single umbrella. Subscribe for ads-free reading Myanmar’s parallel National Unity Government (NUG) saw some surprising diplomatic victories in the months after the military seized power in February 2021.
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2 months 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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Mar 19, 2025 |
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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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
