FRONTIER Myanmar’s journalist Naw Betty Han is no stranger to Myawaddy, a town at the Myanmar-Thai border. In this year alone, she has travelled at least nine times to the town that lies 406 kilometers—or about eight hours’ drive—from the capital Yangon.

But unlike the previous trips, she ran into troubles during her last trip. On March 4, on Bridge I located close to the border, Betty who was at the time with Myanmar Ti