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.
BY Frontier
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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It’s time that the nation’s most important single natural resource benefitted from a dedicated management authority.
Domestic banks have been slow to act on a reform allowing equity injections of up to 35 percent by foreign banks, with some citing continued confusion over the rules.
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This week a production of the Vagina Monologues opens in Yangon and includes two showings in the local language, as Myanmar's conservative image is shaken up.
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Chief Minister Dr Aye Zan angrily terminates an interview after Frontier raises a question about the controversial naming of a bridge, amid growing criticism of the government from state lawmakers.
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In the third installment of our series profiling Myanmar’s leading responsible tourism businesses, Frontier meets Bertie Lawson, who found a way to make a living without compromising the idealism and principles of Sampan Travel.
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