Ivan Ogilvie

Oct 24, 2024 | frontiermyanmar.net | Ivan Ogilvie

By IVAN OGILVIE | FRONTIERThe change in mood was as abrupt as the ending of the Chin mountains, which fell suddenly into the flat rice paddies of Sagaing Region. It was February 6. I’d just spent two weeks in the relative safety of Chin State, where the rugged terrain provided some protection, but now I was heading down to the volatile flatlands of Sagaing to meet with more resistance groups.

Jul 11, 2024 | frontiermyanmar.net | Ivan Ogilvie

By IVAN OGILVIE | FRONTIERZike was among the hundreds of thousands of people across Myanmar who quit their government jobs and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement, a mass strike in opposition to the 2021 coup. A public school teacher in Chin State’s Tedim Township, Zike’s name soon appeared on the military junta’s wanted list.