Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Conditions in Myanmar’s jails are dire for all inmates, but human rights organisations say political prisoners suffer more abuses – including medical neglect that often has deadly consequences.
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Young people and their families are seeking any way they can to evade the Myanmar military’s conscription drive – sometimes with the help of sympathetic local administrators.
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The United States claimed it foiled a plot by an alleged Yakuza boss to sell weapons-grade plutonium sourced by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, but experts say the story doesn’t add up.
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Thailand on Monday defended hosting talks with the Myanmar junta that have split the regional bloc leading diplomatic efforts to end the chaos engulfing the country since the military seized power.
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It will take years for one of Myanmar’s poorest states to recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Mocha, a challenge that the business community in Rakhine says is beyond the capacity of the military regime.
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Thailand's foreign ministry said it will host talks with Myanmar's junta and neighbouring countries today, aiming to find a way out of the post-coup crisis.
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The persecuted Muslim group made up the bulk of the death toll from Cyclone Mocha, with survivors accusing the military regime of failing to prepare adequate evacuations and issuing warnings at the last minute.
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The United Nations slammed Tuesday the Myanmar junta's "unfathomable" decision to suspend travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach more than a million people in cyclone-ravaged Rakhine State.
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Tea cultivators in Shan are struggling to recruit workers due to low wages as well as conflict, while a lack of investment and infrastructure is inhibiting exports.
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An overreliance on the junta for access and insufficient engagement with local actors has hampered the international response to Cyclone Mocha in Rakhine State. It’s time for a new approach.
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The Arakan Army’s presence in southern Chin State has long been a source of ethnic tensions which have eased following the emergence of a common enemy after the coup, but the underlying disagreement over who should control Paletwa remains unresolved.
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With commercialism and escapism fuelling the domestic art scene, and exhibitions abroad trying to recapture the spirit of post-coup protests, many in Myanmar are deprived of work that reflects their new reality.
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