The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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The regime's sudden decision has hobbled Myanmar citizens seeking better lives overseas and risks depriving migrant workers of legal protections, with rights groups suspecting a ploy to target dissidents.
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Seizing Myanmar’s borders with Bangladesh and India has become central to the Arakan Army’s dream of autonomy and has driven its strategy during times of war and peace.
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An increasing number of Myanmar people are selling kidneys as a quick-fix solution to poverty and debt, with many donors going to India for transplants and telling lies to have them approved.
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If China and India seek sustainable development in Myanmar, they should engage more locally and listen to the voices of affected communities. For China, this starts with the Myitsone Dam.
The wife of a Myanmar military officer was killed by a pipe bomb as they moved into a new home in northern Rakhine State, the army said Friday.
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တပ်မတော်အား လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့် အများအပြားပေးအပ်ထားသည့် ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေအား ပြင်ဆင်ရေး လှုပ်ရှားမှုအား ထောက်ခံသည့် ဆန္ဒပြပွဲကို ဖေဖော်ဝါရီ ၂၇ ရက်နေ့၊ မွန်းလွဲပိုင်းက ရန်ကုန်မြို့လယ်၌ ကျင်းပခဲ့ရာ လူထောင်ပေါင်းများစွာ တက်ရောက်ခဲ့သည်။
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In early 2016, the creation of the State Counsellor position for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi prompted cries of “democratic bullying” from unelected Tatmadaw MPs.
A month after soldiers and workers turned up and fenced off their fields, farmers in South Dagon were still trying to learn who or what is behind the apparent land grab.
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